Exodus 14:9
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
סוּס
çûwç
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
רֶכֶב
rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
פָּרָשׁ
pârâsh
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
נָשַׂג
nâsag
to reach (literally or figuratively)
חָנָה
chânâh
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
יָם
yâm
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 artif...
English grammatical function word ('pihahiroth'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equival...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
English grammatical function word ('baalzephon'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equival...
Key Terms in This Verse
חָנָה chânâh
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
Study H2583 →English grammatical function word ('baalzephon'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are...
Study GRAM →English grammatical function word ('pihahiroth'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are...
Study GRAM →רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →פָּרָשׁ pârâsh
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
Study H6571 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →רֶכֶב rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
Study H7393 →Cross References
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
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