בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה

   bay-yab-ba-SHA

   on the dry ground
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הָלְכ֥וּ בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה

   hal-KHU bay-yab-ba-SHA

   walked on the dry ground
3. clause🔊 וּבְנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָלְכ֥וּ בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃

   u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU bay-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH ha-YAM

   and sons of Israel walked on the dry ground in the midst of the sea
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י בָא֩ ס֨וּ פַּרְעֹ֜ה בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙ בַּיָּ֔ם וַיָּ֧שֶׁב יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵהֶ֖ם אֶת־מֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם וּבְנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָלְכ֥וּ בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃

   KI BA SUS par-O be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV bay-YAM va-YA-shev Yeh-ho-VAH a-le-HEM et-MEI ha-YAM u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU bay-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH ha-YAM

   for horse of Pharaoh entered with his chariot and with his horsemen into the sea LORD {And He} brought back waters of the sea upon them and sons of Israel walked on the dry ground in the midst of the sea

Exegesis

A contrasting clause introduced by u-ve-nei {וּבְנֵ֧י | wə-bᵊ-nê} ‘and the sons of’ presents Yisra’el {יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | Yiś-rā-’ēl} as subject with halchu {הָלְכוּ | hā-lǝ-ḵū} ‘walked’, while the locative ba-yabbashah {בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה | ba-yab-bā-šāh} ‘on dry ground’ and the prepositional phrase be-tokh ha-yam {בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם | bə-toḵ ha-yām} ‘in the midst of the sea’ underscore the miraculous nature of the passage.