Exodus 15:5

Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone."

Word-by-Word Analysis

The

תְּהוֹם

tᵉhôwm

H8415

an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)

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have

כָּסָה

kâçâh

H3680

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

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them they

יָרַד

yârad

H3381

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau...

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into the

יְסוֹד

yᵉçôwd

H3247

a foundation (literally or figuratively)

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as a

אֶבֶן

ʼeben

H68

a stone

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Key Terms in This Verse

sank H3381

יָרַד yârad

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applicat...

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depths H8415

תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm

an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)

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bottom H3247

יְסוֹד yᵉçôwd

a foundation (literally or figuratively)

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covered H3680

כָּסָה kâçâh

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

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stone H68

אֶבֶן ʼeben

a stone

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:11 cross-reference

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Exodus 15:10 cross-reference

Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

Exodus 14:28 cross-reference

And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

Ezekiel 27:34 cross-reference

In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

Revelation 18:21 cross-reference

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Micah 7:19 cross-reference

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Matthew 18:6 cross-reference

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Jonah 2:2 cross-reference

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

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