Psalms 78:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He divided{H8804)} the sea, and caused them to pass through{H8686)}; and he made the waters to stand{H8686)} as an heap.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּ֣קַע יָ֭ם וַיַּֽעֲבִירֵ֑ם וַֽיַּצֶּב־מַ֥יִם כְּמוֹ־נֵ‪[c]‬ד׃

Transliteration

He bāqaʿ yām and he wayyaʿăḇîrēm and he wayyaṣṣeḇ-mayim like-kᵉmô-nēḏ

Grammar Details

*bāqaʿ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he split/divided
*yām*: noun, masculine singular - sea
*wayyaʿăḇîrēm*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he caused them to pass through
*wayyaṣṣeḇ*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he caused to stand
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
*kᵉmô*: preposition - like/as
*nēḏ*: noun, masculine singular - heap/pile

Word Meanings

*bāqaʿ*: split/divided/broke open/tore
*yām*: sea/large body of water
*wayyaʿăḇîrēm*: and he caused them to pass through/led them across
*wayyaṣṣeḇ*: and he caused to stand/set up/established
*nēḏ*: heap/pile/mound/wall

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Referenced Verses

Exod 14:21 : 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.
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.
Josh 3:16 : 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Ps 38:7 : 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome{H8737)} disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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.
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.
Ps 136:13-15 : 13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Isa 63:13 : 13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
Hab 3:15 : 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
1 Cor 10:2-3 : 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
Exod 14:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. 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. 11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

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