Isaiah 51:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲל֤וֹא אַתְּ־הִיא֙ הַמַּחֲרֶ֣בֶת יָ֔ם מֵ֖י תְּה֣וֹם רַבָּ֑ה הַשָּׂ֙מָה֙ מַֽעֲמַקֵּי־יָ֔ם דֶּ֖רֶךְ לַעֲבֹ֥ר גְּאוּלִֽים

Transliteration

hălô' 'at-hî' hammaḥărebet yām mê təhôm rabbâ haśśāmâ ma'ămaqqê-yām derek la'ăbōr gə'ûlîm

Grammar Details

*hălô'*: interrogative + negative particle - is it not
*'at-hî'*: pronoun, 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - you-she
*hammaḥărebet*: definite article + Hiphil participle, feminine singular - the one who dried up
*yām*: common noun, masculine singular - sea
*mê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - waters of
*təhôm*: common noun, masculine singular - deep/abyss
*rabbâ*: adjective, feminine singular - great/many
*haśśāmâ*: definite article + Qal participle, feminine singular - the one who placed/made
*ma'ămaqqê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - depths of
*derek*: common noun, masculine singular - way/road
*la'ăbōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - for crossing
*gə'ûlîm*: Qal passive participle, masculine plural - redeemed ones

Word Meanings

*hammaḥărebet*: the one who dried up/the one who made desolate
*təhôm*: deep/abyss/primeval ocean
*ma'ămaqqê*: depths/deep places
*derek*: way/road/path
*gə'ûlîm*: redeemed ones/ransomed ones

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

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.
Exod 15:13 : 13 Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.
Isa 43:16 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Isa 50:2 : 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
Isa 63:11-12 : 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them? 12 that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Ps 74:13 : 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
Isa 42:15 : 15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

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