Psalms 136:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְגֹזֵ֣ר יַם־ס֭וּף לִגְזָרִ֑ים כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ

Transliteration

to-gōzēr yam-sûp to-gəzārîm because to-ʿôlām ḥasdô

Grammar Details

• *gōzēr*: participle, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for the one cutting/dividing
• *yam*: noun, masculine singular in construct - sea of
• *sûp*: noun, masculine singular - reed/end
• *gəzārîm*: noun, masculine plural with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for pieces/parts
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to/for eternity/forever
• *ḥasdô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his steadfast love/mercy/kindness

Word Meanings

• *gōzēr*: cutting/dividing/splitting
• *yam-sûp*: Reed Sea/Red Sea
• *gəzārîm*: pieces/parts/divisions
• *ʿôlām*: eternity/long duration/antiquity
• *ḥasdô*: his steadfast love/mercy/kindness/covenant faithfulness

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• Ps 106:9-9 : 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
• Isa 63:12-13 : 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
• Heb 11:29 : 29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
• Exod 14:21-22 : 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that 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 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.
• Ps 66:5-6 : 5 Come{H8798)} and see{H8798)} the works of God: he is terrible{H8737)} in his doing toward the children of men. 6 He turned{H8804)} the sea into dry land: they went{H8799)} through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice{H8799)} in him.
• Ps 74:13 : 13 Thou didst divide{H8782)} the sea by thy strength: thou brakest{H8765)} the heads of the dragons in the waters.