Strong H1234 בָּקַע bâqa‛ · to break up/open

Exodus

1. Exodus 14:16
   But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
2. Exodus 14:21
   And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.