H9001–/וַ–v

But the Egyptians went after them, all the horses and carriages of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them in their tents by the sea, by Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשִּׂ֤יגוּ (וַ) va “and”

And when Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians coming after them, and were full of fear; and their cry went up to God.

וַיִּשְׂאוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽירְאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ (וַ) va “and”

But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Egyptians will see that I am the Lord, when I get honour over Pharaoh and his war-carriages and his horsemen.

וְיָדְע֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the angel of God, who had been before the tents of Israel, took his place at their back; and the pillar of cloud, moving from before them, came to rest at their back:

וַיִּסַּ֞ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּסַּ֞ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.

וַיָּבֹ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖אֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.

וַיֵּ֨ט (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֣וֹלֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבָּקְע֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.

וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the Egyptians went after them into the middle of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses and his war-carriages and his horsemen.

וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ף (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֕הָם (וַ) va “and”

And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.

וַיָּ֗סַר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the sea, and the waters will come back again on the Egyptians, and on their war-carriages and on their horsemen.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, at dawn the sea came flowing back, meeting the Egyptians in their flight, and the Lord sent destruction on the Egyptians in the middle of the sea.

וַיֵּט֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַעֵ֧ר (וַ) va “and”

And the waters came back, covering the war-carriages and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh which went after them into the middle of the sea; not one of them was to be seen.

וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַסּ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.

וַיּ֨וֹשַׁע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”

And Israel saw the great work which the Lord had done against the Egyptians, and the fear of the Lord came on the people and they had faith in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

וַיַּ֨רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽאֲמִ֙ינוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Moses and the children of Israel made this song to the Lord, and said, I will make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory: the horse and the horseman he has sent down into the sea.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.

וַֽיְהִי־ (וַֽ) va “and”

For the horses of Pharaoh, with his war-carriages and his horsemen, went into the sea, and the Lord sent the waters of the sea back over them; but the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land.

וַיָּ֧שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.

וַתִּקַּח֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּצֶ֤אןָ (וַ) va. “and”

And Miriam, answering, said, Make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory; the horse and the horseman he has sent into the sea.

וַתַּ֥עַן (וַ) va. “and”

Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.

וַיַּסַּ֨ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”