Exodus 15:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּפֹּ֨ל עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם אֵימָ֙תָה֙ וָפַ֔חַד בִּגְדֹ֥ל זְרוֹעֲךָ֖ יִדְּמ֣וּ כָּאָ֑בֶן עַד־יַעֲבֹ֤ר עַמְּךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה עַֽד־יַעֲבֹ֖ר עַם־ז֥וּ קָנִֽיתָ׃

Transliteration

tippōl ʿălêhem ʾêmātāh wāp̄aḥaḏ biḡḏōl zərôʿăḵā yiddəmū kāʾāḇen ʿaḏ-yaʿăḇōr ʿamməḵā YHWH ʿaḏ-yaʿăḇōr ʿam-zū qānîtā

Grammar Details

• *tippōl*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - it will fall
• *ʿălêhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - upon them
• *ʾêmātāh*: noun, feminine singular - terror/dread
• *wāp̄aḥaḏ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and fear
• *biḡḏōl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - by greatness of
• *zərôʿăḵā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your arm
• *yiddəmū*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will be silent
• *kāʾāḇen*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - like the stone
• *ʿaḏ*: preposition - until
• *yaʿăḇōr*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he passes over
• *ʿamməḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your people
• *YHWH*: divine name - YHWH
• *ʿam*: noun, masculine singular construct - people of
• *zū*: demonstrative pronoun - this
• *qānîtā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you acquired

Word Meanings

• *ʾêmātāh*: terror/dread/fear
• *zərôʿăḵā*: your arm/your power/your strength
• *yiddəmū*: be silent/be still/be motionless
• *qānîtā*: you acquired/you purchased/you redeemed

Referenced Verses

• Ps 74:2 : 2 Remember{H8798)} thy congregation, which thou hast purchased{H8804)} of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed{H8804)}; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt{H8804)}.
• 1 Sam 25:37 : 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
• Deut 2:25 : 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
• Josh 2:9 : 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
• Deut 11:25 : 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
• Jer 31:11 : 11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
• Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
• 2 Sam 7:23 : 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
• Isa 43:1-3 : 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
• Isa 51:10 : 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
• Deut 32:6 : 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
• Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
• Exod 11:7 : 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Exod 23:27 : 27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.