Exodus 14:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיּ֨וֹשַׁע יְהוָ֜ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֛וּא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִיַּ֣ד מִצְרָ֑יִם וַיַּ֤רְא יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מֵ֖ת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּֽם

Transliteration

wa-yyôšaʿ YHWH ba-yyôm ha-hûʾ ʾeṯ-Yiśrāʾēl mi-yyad Miṣrāyim wa-yyarʾ Yiśrāʾēl ʾeṯ-Miṣrayim mēṯ ʿal-śəphaṯ ha-yām

Grammar Details

*wa-yyôšaʿ*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saved
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ba-yyôm*: preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - on the day
*ha-hûʾ*: article + pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - that
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*mi-yyad*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from the hand of
*Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt/Egyptians
*wa-yyarʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and saw
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt/Egyptians
*mēṯ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - dead
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*śəphaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - shore of
*ha-yām*: article + noun, masculine singular - the sea

Word Meanings

*wa-yyôšaʿ*: and he saved/and he delivered
*ba-yyôm ha-hûʾ*: on that day
*mi-yyad*: from the hand of/from the power of
*mēṯ*: dead/dying (collective singular form)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 106:8 : 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.
Ps 106:10 : 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Ps 58:10 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
Ps 59:10 : 10 My God with his lovingkindness will meet me: God will let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
Exod 14:13 : 13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
1 Sam 14:23 : 23 So Jehovah saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven.
2 Chr 32:22 : 22 Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
Ps 91:8 : 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked.
Ps 92:9-9 : 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 10 But my horn hast thou exalted like [the horn of] the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil. 11 Mine eye also hath seen [my desire] on mine enemies, Mine ears have heard [my desire] of the evil-doers that rise up against me.
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Jude 1:5 : 5 Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 14:21-29
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21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22And 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.
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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.
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Exod 14:13
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Exod 15:19
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Exod 14:16
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