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Exodus 15:20-22

20And Miriamמִרְיָ֨םmir.YamH4813the prophetessהַנְּבִיאָ֜הha.ne.vi.'AhH5031,the sisterאֲח֧וֹת'a.ChotH269of Aaronאַהֲרֹ֛ן'a.ha.RonH175,tookוַתִּקַּח֩va.ti.KachH3947a timbrelהַתֹּ֖ףha.TofH8596in her handבְּיָדָ֑הּbe.ya.DahH3027;and all the womenהַנָּשִׁים֙ha.na.ShimH802went outוַתֵּצֶ֤אןָva.te.Tze.naH3318afterאַחֲרֶ֔יהָ'a.cha.Rei.haH310her with timbrelsבְּתֻפִּ֖יםbe.tu.PimH8596and with dancesוּבִמְחֹלֹֽת׃u.vim.cho.LotH4246.

21And Miriamמִרְיָ֑םmir.YamH4813answeredוַתַּ֥עַןva.Ta.'anH6030them, Singשִׁ֤ירוּShi.ruH7891like unto thee, O Yhwhלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068,for he hath triumphedגָאֹ֣הga.'OhH1342gloriouslyגָּאָ֔הga.'AhH1342;the horseס֥וּסsusH5483and his riderוְרֹכְב֖וֹve.ro.khe.VoH7392hath he thrownרָמָ֥הra.MahH7411into the seaבַיָּֽם׃ סvai.YamH3220.

22So Mosesמֹשֶׁ֤הmo.ShehH4872broughtוַיַּסַּ֨עvai.ya.Sa'H5265Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478from the Redס֔וּףSufH5488seaמִיַּם־mi.yam-H3220,and they went outוַיֵּצְא֖וּvai.ye.tze.'UH3318into the wildernessמִדְבַּר־mid.bar-H4057of Shurשׁ֑וּרShurH7793;and they wentH3212threeשְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־she.lo.shet-H7969daysיָמִ֛יםya.MimH3117in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֖רba.mid.BarH4057,and foundמָ֥צְאוּMa.tze.'uH4672no waterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

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