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Exodus 15:8

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15:8 By the blast of your nostrils 1  the waters were piled up,

the flowing water stood upright like a heap, 2 

and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.

Exodus 15:10

Context

15:10 But 3  you blew with your breath, and 4  the sea covered them.

They sank 5  like lead in the mighty waters.

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[15:8]  1 sn The phrase “the blast of your nostrils” is a bold anthropomorphic expression for the wind that came in and dried up the water.

[15:8]  2 tn The word “heap” describes the walls of water. The waters, which are naturally fluid, stood up as though they were a heap, a mound of earth. Likewise, the flowing waters deep in the ocean solidified – as though they were turned to ice (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 175).

[15:10]  3 tn “But” has been supplied here.

[15:10]  4 tn Here “and” has been supplied.

[15:10]  5 tn The verb may have the idea of sinking with a gurgling sound, like water going into a whirlpool (R. A. Cole, Exodus [TOTC], 124; S. R. Driver, Exodus, 136). See F. M. Cross and D. N. Freedman, “The Song of Miriam,” JNES 14 (1955): 243-47.



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