Exodus 14:22

King James 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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 66:6 : 6 He turned{H8804)} the sea into dry land: they went{H8799)} through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice{H8799)} 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 drowned.
• Ps 78:13 : 13 He divided{H8804)} the sea, and caused them to pass through{H8686)}; and he made the waters to stand{H8686)} as an 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 horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
• Num 33:8 : 8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
• Exod 15:8 : 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
• Isa 63:13 : 13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
• 1 Cor 10:1 : 1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
• Hab 3:8-9 : 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
• Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and 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 persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.