Exodus 15:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.”

Exodus 15:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 15:1919 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בָאvāʾGo

סוּסsûsHorse

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

בְּרִכְבּוֹbəriḵəbwōIn vehicle

וּבְפָרָשָׁיוûvəp̄ārāšāywAnd in steed

בַּיָּםbayāmIn sea

וַיָּשֶׁבwayāševAnd turn

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עֲלֵהֶםʿălēhemAbove

אֶתʾet—

מֵיmêWaters

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

הָלְכוּhāləḵûWalk

בַיַּבָּשָׁהvayabāšāhIn dry ground

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בָאvāʾGo

סוּסsûsHorse

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

בְּרִכְבּוֹbəriḵəbwōIn vehicle

וּבְפָרָשָׁיוûvəp̄ārāšāywAnd in steed

בַּיָּםbayāmIn sea

וַיָּשֶׁבwayāševAnd turn

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עֲלֵהֶםʿălēhemAbove

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֵיmêWaters

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

הָלְכוּhāləḵûWalk

בַיַּבָּשָׁהvayabāšāhIn dry ground

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

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