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Exodus 14:23-25

23And the EgyptiansH4714pursuedוַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּvai.yir.de.FuH7291,and went inוַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935afterאַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310them to the midstתּ֖וֹךְTokhH8432of the seaהַיָּֽם׃hai.YamH3220, evenall Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547horsesס֣וּסsusH5483,his chariotsרִכְבּ֖וֹrikh.BoH7393,and his horsemenוּפָרָשָׁ֑יוu.fa.ra.ShavH6571.

24And it came to pass, that in the morningהַבֹּ֔קֶרha.Bo.kerH1242watchבְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶתbe.'ash.Mo.retH821Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068lookedוַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ףvai.yash.KefH8259unto the armyמַחֲנֵ֣הma.cha.NehH4264of the EgyptiansH4714through the pillarבְּעַמּ֥וּדbe.'a.MudH5982of fireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784and of the cloudוְעָנָ֑ןve.'a.NanH6051,and troubledוַיָּ֕הָםvai.Ya.homH2000the armyמַחֲנֵ֥הma.cha.NehH4264of the EgyptiansH4714,

25And took offוַיָּ֗סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493their chariotמַרְכְּבֹתָ֔יוmar.ke.vo.TavH4818wheelsאֹפַ֣ן'o.FanH212,that they draveוַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֖הוּvay.na.ha.Ge.huH5090them heavilyבִּכְבֵדֻ֑תbikh.ve.DutH3517:so that the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֗יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Let us fleeאָנ֙וּסָה֙'a.Nu.sahH5127from the faceמִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.NeiH6440of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478;for Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068fightethנִלְחָ֥םnil.ChamH3898for them against the Egyptiansבְּמִצְרָֽיִם פbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

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