Exodus 15:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְר֤וּחַ אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ נֶ֣עֶרְמוּ מַ֔יִם נִצְּב֥וּ כְמוֹ־נֵ֖ד נֹזְלִ֑ים קָֽפְא֥וּ תְהֹמֹ֖ת בְּלֶב־יָֽם׃

Transliteration

ūḇərūaḥ ʾappeḵā neʿermū mayim niṣṣəḇū ḵəmô-nēḏ nōzəlîm qāp̄əʾū təhōmōt bəleḇ-yām

Grammar Details

*ūḇərūaḥ*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - and by the breath of
*ʾappeḵā*: noun, masculine dual + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your nostrils
*neʿermū*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they were heaped up
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
*niṣṣəḇū*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they stood up
*ḵəmô*: preposition - like
*nēḏ*: noun, masculine singular - heap
*nōzəlîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - flowing ones
*qāp̄əʾū*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they congealed/froze
*təhōmōt*: noun, feminine plural - depths/deep waters
*bəleḇ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the heart of
*yām*: noun, masculine singular - sea

Word Meanings

*rūaḥ*: breath/wind/spirit
*ʾappeḵā*: your nostrils/your nose/your anger
*neʿermū*: were heaped up/were piled up/gathered together
*nēḏ*: heap/mound/wall
*nōzəlîm*: flowing ones/currents/streams
*qāp̄əʾū*: congealed/froze/solidified
*təhōmōt*: depths/deep waters/the deep

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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 14:21-22 : 21 And 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. 22 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.
Job 4:9 : 9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
Hab 3:10 : 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.
2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
2 Sam 22:16 : 16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isa 37:7 : 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

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