Exodus 14:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Then Mosesמֹשֶׁ֣ה
(mo·sheh)
4872: a great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiverfrom mashah
stretchedוַיֵּ֨ט
(vai·yet)
5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, benda prim. root
out his handיָדֹו֮
(ya·dov)
3027: handa prim. root
overעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
the sea;הַיָּם֒
(hai·yam)
3220: seaof uncertain derivation
and the LORDיְהוָ֣ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
sweptוַיֹּ֣ולֶךְ
(vai·yo·v·lech)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
the seaהַ֠יָּם
(hai·yam)
3220: seaof uncertain derivation
[back] by a strongעַזָּה֙
(az·zah)
5794: strong, mighty, fiercefrom azaz
eastקָדִ֤ים
(ka·dim)
6921: east, east windfrom the same as qedem
windבְּר֨וּחַ
(be·ru·ach)
7307: breath, wind, spiritfrom an unused word
allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
nightהַלַּ֔יְלָה
(hal·lay·lah,)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
and turnedוַיָּ֥שֶׂם
(vai·ya·sem)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
the seaהַיָּ֖ם
(hai·yam)
3220: seaof uncertain derivation
into dry land,לֶחָרָבָ֑ה
(le·cha·ra·vah;)
2724: dry groundfrom chareb
so the watersהַמָּֽיִם׃
(ham·ma·yim.)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
were divided.וַיִּבָּקְע֖וּ
(vai·yib·ba·ke·'u)
1234: to cleave, break open or througha prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And Moses
Mosheh  (mo-sheh')
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver -- Moses.
stretched out
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
his hand
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
over the sea
yam  (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
and the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
caused the sea
yam  (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
to go
yalak  (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
back by a strong
`az  (az)
strong, vehement, harsh -- fierce, + greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
east
qadiym  (kaw-deem')
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) -- east(-ward, wind).
wind
ruwach  (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
all that night
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
and made
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
the sea
yam  (yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
dry
charabah  (khaw-raw-baw')
a desert -- dry (ground, land).
land and the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
were divided
baqa`  (baw-kah')
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The LORD drove the sea back with a powerful east wind all that night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided,

International Standard Version
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD caused the water to retreat by a strong east wind all night, turning the sea into dry land. As the waters were divided,

NET Bible
Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the LORD drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. All that night the LORD pushed back the sea with a strong east wind and turned the sea into dry ground. The water divided,

King James 2000 Bible
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.
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