Nehemiah 9:11
You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
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ASV
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
KJV
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַיָּם֙ | ve.hai.Yam | and the sea | H3220 → |
| בָּקַ֣עְתָּ | ba.Ka'.ta | you split open | H1234 → |
| לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם | lif.nei.Hem | <to> before them | H6440 → |
| וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּ | vai.ya.'av.Ru | and they passed | H5674 → |
| בְתוֹךְ־ | ve.tokh- | in [the] middle of | H8432 → |
| הַיָּ֖ם | hai.Yam | the sea | H3220 → |
| בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה | bai.ya.ba.Shah | on the dry ground | H3004 → |
| וְֽאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| רֹ֨דְפֵיהֶ֜ם | ro.de.fei.Hem | pursuers their | H7291 → |
| הִשְׁלַ֧כְתָּ | hish.Lakh.ta | you threw | H7993 → |
| בִמְצוֹלֹ֛ת | vim.tzo.Lot | in [the] depths | H4688 → |
| כְּמוֹ־ | ke.mov- | like | H3644 → |
| אֶ֖בֶן | 'E.ven | a stone | H68 → |
| בְּמַ֥יִם | be.Ma.yim | in waters | H4325 → |
| עַזִּֽים׃ | 'a.Zim | mighty | H5794 → |
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