Exodus 15:21 Go deeper
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And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD , for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. (KJV)
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וַתַּ֥עַןva.Ta.'anand she sang
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030C
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to sing
Used 15 times. Also: Exodus 32:18, Numbers 21:17, 1 Samuel 18:7, 1 Samuel 21:11, 1 Samuel 29:5, Ezra 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030C; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 1
מִרְיָ֑םmir.YamMiriam
Lemma: מִרְיָם (mir.yam) · Strong's: H4813G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Miriam
Used 14 times. Also: Exodus 15:20, Numbers 12:1, Numbers 12:4, Numbers 12:5, Numbers 12:10, Numbers 12:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4813G; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 2
שִׁ֤ירוּShi.rusing
Lemma: שִׁיר (shir) · Strong's: H7891
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to sing
Used 86 times. Also: Exodus 15:1, Numbers 21:17, Judges 5:1, Judges 5:3, 2 Samuel 19:35, 1 Kings 10:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7891; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 3
לַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehto Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 4
כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 5
גָאֹ֣הga.'Ohcertainly <to exalted>
Lemma: גָּאָה (ga.ah) · Strong's: H1342
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to rise up
Used 7 times. Also: Exodus 15:1, Job 8:11, Job 10:16, Ezekiel 47:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1342; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 6
גָּאָ֔הga.'Ahhe is exalted
Lemma: גָּאָה (ga.ah) · Strong's: H1342
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to rise up
Used 7 times. Also: Exodus 15:1, Job 8:11, Job 10:16, Ezekiel 47:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1342; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 7
ס֥וּסsushorse
Lemma: סוּס (sus) · Strong's: H5483M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: horse
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 47:17, Genesis 49:17, Exodus 9:3, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 15:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5483M; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 8
וְרֹכְב֖וֹve.ro.khe.Voand rider its
Lemma: רָכַב (ra.khav) · Strong's: H7392
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)
Meaning: to ride
Used 78 times. Also: Genesis 24:61, Genesis 41:43, Genesis 49:17, Exodus 4:20, Exodus 15:1, Leviticus 15:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7392; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 9
רָמָ֥הra.Mahhe has thrown
Lemma: רָמָה (ra.mah) · Strong's: H7411A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to shoot
Used 4 times. Also: Exodus 15:1, Psalms 78:9, Jeremiah 4:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7411A; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 10
בַיָּֽם\׃\ \סvai.Yamin the sea
Lemma: יָם (yam) · Strong's: H3220G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sea
Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3220G; TAHOT Exodus 15:21 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And Miriam | → | מִרְיָם H4813G Miriam |
| sang back | → | עָנָה H6030C to sing |
| to them | → | |
| Sing | → | שִׁיר H7891 to sing |
| to the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| He is highly exalted | → | גָּאָה H1342 to rise up |
| . . . | → | גָּאָה H1342 to rise up |
| the horse | → | סוּס H5483M horse |
| and rider | → | רָכַב H7392 to ride |
| He has thrown | → | רָמָה H7411A to shoot |
| into the sea | → | יָם H3220G sea |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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