14:26 The Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand toward the sea, so that the waters may flow 1 back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen!”
1 tn The verb, “and they will return,” is here subordinated to the imperative preceding it, showing the purpose of that act.
2 sn U. Cassuto (Exodus, 353) cites b. Shabbat 98b which says, “What did the tabernacle resemble? A woman walking on the street with her train trailing behind her.” In the expression “the half of the curtain that remains,” the verb agrees in gender with the genitive near it.