Exodus 14:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּ֖ם בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וְהַמַּ֤יִם לָהֶם֙ חֹמָ֔ה מִֽימִינָ֖ם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם

Transliteration

wa-yyāḇōʾû ḇənê-Yiśrāʾēl bə-ṯôḵ ha-yām ba-yyabbāšāh wə-ha-mmayim lāhem ḥōmāh mî-mînām û-mi-śśəmōʾlām

Grammar Details

*wa-yyāḇōʾû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they came/went
*ḇənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*bə-ṯôḵ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - into the midst of
*ha-yām*: article + noun, masculine singular - the sea
*ba-yyabbāšāh*: preposition + article + noun, feminine singular - on the dry land
*wə-ha-mmayim*: conjunction + article + noun, masculine plural - and the waters
*lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them
*ḥōmāh*: noun, feminine singular - wall
*mî-mînām*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - on their right
*û-mi-śśəmōʾlām*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and on their left

Word Meanings

*wa-yyāḇōʾû*: and they came/and they went/and they entered
*bə-ṯôḵ*: into the midst of/through
*ba-yyabbāšāh*: on the dry land/on dry ground
*ḥōmāh*: wall/barrier
*mî-mînām*: on their right/at their right side
*û-mi-śśəmōʾlām*: and on their left/and at their left side

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Referenced Verses

Ps 66:6 : 6 He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.
Heb 11:29 : 29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up.
Ps 78:13 : 13 He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
Exod 14:29 : 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exod 15:19 : 19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Num 33:8 : 8 And they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
Exod 15:8 : 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Isa 63:13 : 13 that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?
1 Cor 10:1 : 1 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Hab 3:8-9 : 8 Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
Neh 9:11 : 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 14:23-31
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96%
23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians.
25And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
29But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
30Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.
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Exod 14:20-21
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20and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.
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Exod 14:15-16
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Exod 15:19
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Neh 9:11
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Heb 11:29
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22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
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Ps 78:13
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Exod 13:18
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Exod 15:4-5
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Exod 15:12
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Isa 63:12
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Ps 136:14
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Isa 43:16
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