בַּיָּ֔ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בַּיָּ֔ם

   bay-YAM

   into the sea
2. clause🔊 כִּ֣י בָא֩ ס֨וּ פַּרְעֹ֜ה בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙ בַּיָּ֔ם וַיָּ֧שֶׁב יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵהֶ֖ם אֶת־מֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם

   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

   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
3. 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

The coordinated prepositional phrases be-rikhvo {בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ | bə-rik-ke-vô} ‘with his chariot’ and u-ve-farashav {וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙ | wə-p̄ā-rā-šāw} ‘and his horsemen’ specify the Egyptian forces as they entered the sea marked by ba-yam {בַּיָּ֔ם | ba-yām}.

Root and etymology

י־ם🔊 y-m

“sea”

• 🔊 יַמִּיםyāmîmseasPsalm 74:13