Exodus 15:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּצְעַ֣ק אֶל־יְהוָ֗ה וַיּוֹרֵ֤הוּ יְהוָה֙ עֵ֔ץ וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֔יִם וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּ הַמָּ֑יִם שָׁ֣ם שָׂ֥ם ל֛וֹ חֹ֥ק וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וְשָׁ֥ם נִסָּֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

wayyiṣʿaq ʾel-YHWH wayyôrēhū YHWH ʿēṣ wayyašlēḵ ʾel-hammayim wayyimtəqū hammāyim šām śām lô ḥōq ūmišpāṭ wəšām nissāhū

Grammar Details

*wayyiṣʿaq*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he cried out
*ʾel*: preposition - into
*YHWH*: divine name - YHWH
*wayyôrēhū*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he showed him
*ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - tree/wood
*wayyašlēḵ*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he threw
*hammayim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the waters
*wayyimtəqū*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they became sweet
*šām*: adverb - there
*śām*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he established
*lô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for him
*ḥōq*: noun, masculine singular - statute
*ūmišpāṭ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and ordinance
*wəšām*: conjunction + adverb - and there
*nissāhū*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he tested him

Word Meanings

*wayyiṣʿaq*: cried out/called out/appealed
*wayyôrēhū*: showed him/taught him/instructed him
*ʿēṣ*: tree/wood/timber
*wayyimtəqū*: became sweet/were sweetened
*ḥōq*: statute/decree/ordinance
*mišpāṭ*: ordinance/judgment/regulation
*nissāhū*: tested him/tried him/proved him

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Referenced Verses

Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Exod 14:10 : 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
Judg 3:4 : 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Exod 16:4 : 4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
Judg 2:22 : 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
Judg 3:1 : 1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Deut 8:16 : 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proved{H8804)} us: thou hast tried{H8804)} us, as silver is tried{H8800)}.
Exod 17:4 : 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
2 Kgs 2:21 : 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
2 Kgs 4:41 : 41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H8798)} upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver{H8762)} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H8762)} me.
Deut 13:3 : 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Josh 24:21-25 : 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Ps 81:7 : 7 Thou calledst{H8804)} in trouble, and I delivered{H8762)} thee; I answered{H8799)} thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved{H8799)} thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call{H8799)} upon me, and I will answer{H8799)} him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver{H8762)} him, and honour{H8762)} him.
Ps 99:6 : 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
Prov 17:3 : 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Jer 9:7 : 7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Jer 15:1 : 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

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