Exodus 14:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֗סַר אֵ֚ת אֹפַ֣ן מַרְכְּבֹתָ֔יו וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֖הוּ בִּכְבֵדֻ֑ת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מִצְרַ֗יִם אָנ֙וּסָה֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֣י יְהוָ֔ה נִלְחָ֥ם לָהֶ֖ם בְּמִצְרָֽיִם

Transliteration

wa-yyāsar ʾēṯ ʾōphan markəḇōṯâw wa-yənahăḡēhû bi-ḵəḇēduṯ wa-yyōʾmer Miṣrayim ʾānûsāh mi-ppənê Yiśrāʾēl kî YHWH nilḥām lāhem bə-Miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

• *wa-yyāsar*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he removed
• *ʾēṯ*: direct object marker
• *ʾōphan*: noun, masculine singular construct - wheel of
• *markəḇōṯâw*: noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his chariots
• *wa-yənahăḡēhû*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and drove it
• *bi-ḵəḇēduṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - with heaviness/difficulty
• *wa-yyōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said
• *Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt/Egyptians
• *ʾānûsāh*: Qal imperfect cohortative, 1st common singular - let me flee
• *mi-ppənê*: preposition + noun, plural construct - from before
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *nilḥām*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - fighting
• *lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them
• *bə-Miṣrāyim*: preposition + proper noun - against Egypt/Egyptians

Word Meanings

• *wa-yyāsar*: and he removed/and he took off
• *ʾōphan markəḇōṯâw*: the wheel of his chariots/the wheels of his chariots
• *wa-yənahăḡēhû*: and drove it/and he led it
• *bi-ḵəḇēduṯ*: with heaviness/with difficulty/clumsily
• *ʾānûsāh*: let me flee/I will flee
• *nilḥām*: fighting/is fighting
• *bə-Miṣrāyim*: against Egypt/against the Egyptians

Referenced Verses

• Exod 14:14 : 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
• Deut 3:22 : 22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
• Judg 4:15 : 15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
• 1 Sam 4:7-8 : 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. 8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
• Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
• Job 20:24 : 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
• Job 27:22 : 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
• Ps 46:9 : 9 He maketh wars to cease{H8688)} unto the end of the earth; he breaketh{H8762)} the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder{H8765)}; he burneth{H8799)} the chariot in the fire.
• Ps 68:12 : 12 Kings of armies did flee{H8799)} apace{H8799)}: and she that tarried at home divided{H8762)} the spoil.
• Ps 76:6 : 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep{H8737)}.
• Jer 51:21 : 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
• Amos 1:14 : 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
• Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
• Amos 9:1 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.