Nehemiah 9:11
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָלַק
châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
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...
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...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
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...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
מְצוֹלָה
mᵉtsôwlâh
a deep place (of water or mud)
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →חָלַק châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
Study H2505 →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 artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →Cross References
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
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.
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