KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Exodus 14:21 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Moses” | מֹשֶׁ֣ה | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “stretched out” | וַיֵּ֨ט | To stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) | stretched out |
| “his hand” | יָדוֹ֮ | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | hand |
| “over” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | over |
| “the sea;” | הַיָּם֒ | A sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south | sea |
| “and the Lord” | יְהוָ֣ה׀ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “caused” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | caused |
| “the sea” | הַ֠יָּם | A sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south | sea |
| “to go” | וַיּ֣וֹלֶךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | go |
| “back” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “by a strong” | עַזָּה֙ | Strong, vehement, harsh | strong |
| “east” | קָדִ֤ים | The fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) | east |
| “wind” | בְּר֨וּחַ | 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 (including its expression and functions) | wind |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that night,” | הַלַּ֔יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “and made” | וַיָּ֥שֶׂם | To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) | made |
| “the sea” | הַיָּ֖ם | A sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south | sea |
| “dry” | לֶחָֽרָבָ֑ה | A desert | dry |
| “land,” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and the waters” | הַמָּֽיִם׃ | Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen | waters |
| “were divided.” | וַיִּבָּֽקְע֖וּ | To cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open | divided |
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19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
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.
23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
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