Isaiah 63:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מוֹלִיךְ֙ לִימִ֣ין מֹשֶׁ֔ה זְר֖וֹעַ תִּפְאַרְתּ֑וֹ בּ֤וֹקֵֽעַ מַ֙יִם֙ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת ל֖וֹ שֵׁ֥ם עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

môlîḵ at the right of mōšeh zĕrôaʿ his tipʾartô, bôqēaʿ mayim from pĕnêhem, to laʿăśôt for him šēm ʿôlām.

Grammar Details

*môlîḵ*: Hiphil participle, masculine singular - causing to go/leading
*lîmîn*: preposition lamed + noun, feminine singular construct - at the right of
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*zĕrôaʿ*: noun, feminine singular construct - arm of
*tipʾartô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his glory
*bôqēaʿ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - cleaving/dividing
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
*mippĕnêhem*: preposition min + noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - from before them
*laʿăśôt*: preposition lamed + Qal infinitive construct - to make
*lô*: preposition lamed with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for himself
*šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - everlasting/eternity

Word Meanings

*môlîḵ*: leading/causing to go/guiding
*zĕrôaʿ*: arm/strength/power
*tipʾartô*: his glory/his beauty/his splendor
*bôqēaʿ*: cleaving/dividing/splitting
*šēm*: name/reputation/renown
*ʿôlām*: everlasting/eternal/perpetual

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:16 : 16 Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
Josh 3:16 : 16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
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.
Ps 78:13 : 13 He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
Ps 80:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth.
Ps 114:5-7 : 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
Ps 136:13-16 : 13 To him that divided the Red Sea in sunder; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 16 To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
Isa 11:15 : 15 And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dryshod.
Isa 55:13 : 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Rom 9:17 : 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
Exod 14:16-17 : 16 And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
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 15:6 : 6 Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
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.

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Isa 63:11
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13that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?
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10and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.
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Exod 15:10-13
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10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
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Exod 14:21-22
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Ps 78:12-14
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75%
12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
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Neh 9:15
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Exod 15:19
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Isa 51:10
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Isa 48:21
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Deut 34:12
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