Exodus 15
27 verses · Hebrew with nikud, English alongside · tap 🔊 to hear a verse
אָ֣ז יָשִֽׁיר־מֹשֶׁה֩ וּבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־הַשִּׁירָ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֵאמֹ֑ר אָשִׁ֤ירָה לַֽיהֹוָה֙ כִּֽי־גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה ס֥וּס וְרֹכְב֖וֹ רָמָ֥ה בַיָּֽם׃
az yashir-mosheh uvene yisra'el et-hashirah hazzot la-Adonai vayyomeru lemor ashirah la-Adonai ki-ga'oh ga'ah sus verokhevo ramah vayyam
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to GOD. They said: I will sing to GOD, who has triumphed gloriously; Horse and driver have been hurled into the sea.
עׇזִּ֤י וְזִמְרָת֙ יָ֔הּ וַֽיְהִי־לִ֖י לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה זֶ֤ה אֵלִי֙ וְאַנְוֵ֔הוּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י אָבִ֖י וַאֲרֹמְמֶֽנְהוּ׃
ozzi vezimrat yah vayehi-li lishu'ah zeh eli ve'anvehu elohe avi va'aromemenhu
Yah is my strength and might, And has become my deliverance. This is my God whom I will enshrine; The God of my father, whom I will exalt.
יְהֹוָ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה יְהֹוָ֖ה שְׁמֽוֹ׃
Adonai ish milkhamah Adonai shemo
The ETERNAL One, the Warrior— Whose name is GOD [יהוה]!
מַרְכְּבֹ֥ת פַּרְעֹ֛ה וְחֵיל֖וֹ יָרָ֣ה בַיָּ֑ם וּמִבְחַ֥ר שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יו טֻבְּע֥וּ בְיַם־סֽוּף׃
markevot paroh vekhelo yarah vayyam umivkhar shalishayw tubbe'u veyam-suf
Pharaoh’s chariots and his army Have been cast into the sea; And the pick of his officers Are drowned in the Sea of Reeds.
תְּהֹמֹ֖ת יְכַסְיֻ֑מוּ יָרְד֥וּ בִמְצוֹלֹ֖ת כְּמוֹ־אָֽבֶן׃
tehomot yekhasyumu yaredu vimtsolot kemo-aven
The deeps covered them; They went down into the depths like a stone.
יְמִֽינְךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֔ה נֶאְדָּרִ֖י בַּכֹּ֑חַ יְמִֽינְךָ֥ יְהֹוָ֖ה תִּרְעַ֥ץ אוֹיֵֽב׃
yeminekha Adonai nedari bakkoakh yeminekha Adonai tirats oyev
Your right hand, O ETERNAL One, glorious in power, Your right hand, O ETERNAL One, shatters the foe!
וּבְרֹ֥ב גְּאוֹנְךָ֖ תַּהֲרֹ֣ס קָמֶ֑יךָ תְּשַׁלַּח֙ חֲרֹ֣נְךָ֔ יֹאכְלֵ֖מוֹ כַּקַּֽשׁ׃
uverov ge'onekha taharos qamekha teshallakh kharonekha yokhelemo kaqqash
In Your great triumph You break Your opponents; You send forth Your fury, it consumes them like straw.
וּבְר֤וּחַ אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ נֶ֣עֶרְמוּ מַ֔יִם נִצְּב֥וּ כְמוֹ־נֵ֖ד נֹזְלִ֑ים קָֽפְא֥וּ תְהֹמֹ֖ת בְּלֶב־יָֽם׃
uveruakh appekha ne'ermu mayim nitsevu khemo-ned nozelim qafe'u tehomot belev-yam
At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up, The floods stood straight like a wall; The deeps froze in the heart of the sea.
אָמַ֥ר אוֹיֵ֛ב אֶרְדֹּ֥ף אַשִּׂ֖יג אֲחַלֵּ֣ק שָׁלָ֑ל תִּמְלָאֵ֣מוֹ נַפְשִׁ֔י אָרִ֣יק חַרְבִּ֔י תּוֹרִישֵׁ֖מוֹ יָדִֽי׃
amar oyev erdof assig akhalleq shalal timla'emo nafshi ariq kharbi torishemo yadi
The foe said, “I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall have its fill of them. I will bare my sword— My hand shall subdue them.”
נָשַׁ֥פְתָּ בְרוּחֲךָ֖ כִּסָּ֣מוֹ יָ֑ם צָֽלְלוּ֙ כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת בְּמַ֖יִם אַדִּירִֽים׃
nashafta verukhakha kissamo yam tsalelu ka'oferet bemayim addirim
You made Your wind blow, the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the majestic waters.
מִֽי־כָמֹ֤כָה בָּֽאֵלִם֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה מִ֥י כָּמֹ֖כָה נֶאְדָּ֣ר בַּקֹּ֑דֶשׁ נוֹרָ֥א תְהִלֹּ֖ת עֹ֥שֵׂה פֶֽלֶא׃
mi-khamokhah ba'elim Adonai mi kamokhah nedar baqqodesh nora tehillot oseh fele
Who is like You, O ETERNAL One, among the celestials; Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in splendor, working wonders!
נָטִ֙יתָ֙ יְמִ֣ינְךָ֔ תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹ אָֽרֶץ׃
natita yeminekha tivla'emo arets
You put out Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.
נָחִ֥יתָ בְחַסְדְּךָ֖ עַם־ז֣וּ גָּאָ֑לְתָּ נֵהַ֥לְתָּ בְעׇזְּךָ֖ אֶל־נְוֵ֥ה קׇדְשֶֽׁךָ׃
nakhita vekhasdekha am-zu ga'aleta nehaleta ve'ozzekha el-neveh qodshekha
In Your love You lead the people You redeemed; In Your strength You guide them to Your holy abode.
שָֽׁמְע֥וּ עַמִּ֖ים יִרְגָּז֑וּן חִ֣יל אָחַ֔ז יֹשְׁבֵ֖י פְּלָֽשֶׁת׃
shame'u ammim yirgazun khil akhaz yosheve pelashet
The peoples hear, they tremble; Agony grips the dwellers in Philistia.
אָ֤ז נִבְהֲלוּ֙ אַלּוּפֵ֣י אֱד֔וֹם אֵילֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב יֹֽאחֲזֵ֖מוֹ רָ֑עַד נָמֹ֕גוּ כֹּ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֥י כְנָֽעַן׃
az nivhalu allufe edom ele mo'av yokhazemo ra'ad namogu kol yosheve khena'an
Now are the clans of Edom dismayed; The tribes of Moab—trembling grips them; All the dwellers in Canaan are aghast.
תִּפֹּ֨ל עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם אֵימָ֙תָה֙ וָפַ֔חַד בִּגְדֹ֥ל זְרוֹעֲךָ֖ יִדְּמ֣וּ כָּאָ֑בֶן עַד־יַעֲבֹ֤ר עַמְּךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה עַֽד־יַעֲבֹ֖ר עַם־ז֥וּ קָנִֽיתָ׃
tippol alehem ematah vafakhad bigdol zero'akha yiddemu ka'aven ad-ya'avor ammekha Adonai ad-ya'avor am-zu qanita
Terror and dread descend upon them; Through the might of Your arm they are still as stone— Till Your people cross over, O ETERNAL One, Till Your people cross whom You have ransomed.
תְּבִאֵ֗מוֹ וְתִטָּעֵ֙מוֹ֙ בְּהַ֣ר נַחֲלָֽתְךָ֔ מָכ֧וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ פָּעַ֖לְתָּ יְהֹוָ֑ה מִקְּדָ֕שׁ אֲדֹנָ֖י כּוֹנְנ֥וּ יָדֶֽיךָ׃
tevi'emo vetitta'emo behar nakhalatekha makhon leshivtekha pa'alta Adonai miqqedash adonay konenu yadekha
You will bring them and plant them in Your own mountain, The place You made to dwell in, O ETERNAL One, The sanctuary, O my Sovereign, that Your hands established.
יְהֹוָ֥ה ׀ יִמְלֹ֖ךְ לְעֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃
Adonai yimlokh le'olam va'ed
GOD will reign for ever and ever!
כִּ֣י בָא֩ ס֨וּס פַּרְעֹ֜ה בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙ בַּיָּ֔ם וַיָּ֧שֶׁב יְהֹוָ֛ה עֲלֵהֶ֖ם אֶת־מֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם וּבְנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָלְכ֥וּ בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃ {פ}
ki va sus paroh berikhbo uvefarashayw bayyam vayyashev Adonai alehem et-me hayyam uvene yisra'el halekhu vayyabbashah betokh hayyam
For the horses of Pharaoh, with his chariots and riders, went into the sea; and GOD turned back on them the waters of the sea; but the Israelites marched on dry ground in the midst of the sea.
וַתִּקַּח֩ מִרְיָ֨ם הַנְּבִיאָ֜ה אֲח֧וֹת אַהֲרֹ֛ן אֶת־הַתֹּ֖ף בְּיָדָ֑הּ וַתֵּצֶ֤אןָ כׇֽל־הַנָּשִׁים֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יהָ בְּתֻפִּ֖ים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת׃
vattiqqakh miryam hannevi'ah akhot aharon et-hattof beyadah vattetsena khol-hannashim akhareha betuppim uvimkholot
Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, picked up a hand-drum, and all the women went out after her in dance with hand-drums.
וַתַּ֥עַן לָהֶ֖ם מִרְיָ֑ם שִׁ֤ירוּ לַֽיהֹוָה֙ כִּֽי־גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה ס֥וּס וְרֹכְב֖וֹ רָמָ֥ה בַיָּֽם׃ {ס}
vatta'an lahem miryam shiru la-Adonai ki-ga'oh ga'ah sus verokhevo ramah vayyam
And Miriam chanted for them: Sing to GOD, who has triumphed gloriously; Horse and driver have been hurled into the sea.
וַיַּסַּ֨ע מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִיַּם־ס֔וּף וַיֵּצְא֖וּ אֶל־מִדְבַּר־שׁ֑וּר וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־יָמִ֛ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְלֹא־מָ֥צְאוּ מָֽיִם׃
vayyassa mosheh et-yisra'el miyyam-suf vayyetse'u el-midbar-shur vayyelekhu sheloshet-yamim bammidbar velo-matse'u mayim
Then Moses caused Israel to set out from the Sea of Reeds. They went on into the wilderness of Shur; they traveled three days in the wilderness and found no water.
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ מָרָ֔תָה וְלֹ֣א יָֽכְל֗וּ לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת מַ֙יִם֙ מִמָּרָ֔ה כִּ֥י מָרִ֖ים הֵ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמָ֖הּ מָרָֽה׃
vayyavo'u maratah velo yakhelu lishtot mayim mimmarah ki marim hem al-ken qara-shemah marah
They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; that is why it was named Marah.
וַיִּלֹּ֧נוּ הָעָ֛ם עַל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹ֖ר מַה־נִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃
vayyillonu ha'am al-mosheh lemor mah-nnishteh
And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
וַיִּצְעַ֣ק אֶל־יְהֹוָ֗ה וַיּוֹרֵ֤הוּ יְהֹוָה֙ עֵ֔ץ וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֔יִם וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּ הַמָּ֑יִם שָׁ֣ם שָׂ֥ם ל֛וֹ חֹ֥ק וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וְשָׁ֥ם נִסָּֽהוּ׃
vayyitsaq el-Adonai vayyorehu Adonai ets vayyashlekh el-hammayim vayyimtequ hammayim sham sam lo khoq umishpat vesham nissahu
So he cried out to GOD, and GOD showed him a piece of wood; he threw it into the water and the water became sweet. There a fixed rule was made for them; there they were put to the test:
וַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ אִם־שָׁמ֨וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַ֜ע לְק֣וֹל ׀ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ וְהַיָּשָׁ֤ר בְּעֵינָיו֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְהַֽאֲזַנְתָּ֙ לְמִצְוֺתָ֔יו וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֖ כׇּל־חֻקָּ֑יו כׇּֽל־הַמַּחֲלָ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֤מְתִּי בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לֹא־אָשִׂ֣ים עָלֶ֔יךָ כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה רֹפְאֶֽךָ׃ {ס}
vayyomer im-shamoa tishma leqol Adonai elohekha vehayyashar be'enayw ta'aseh veha'azanta lemitsvotayw veshamarta kol-khuqqayw kol-hammakhalah asher-samti vemitsrayim lo-asim alekha ki ani Adonai rofe'ekha
“If you will heed the ETERNAL your God diligently, doing what is upright in My sight, giving ear to My commandments and keeping all My laws, then I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians, for I GOD am your healer.”
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֵילִ֔מָה וְשָׁ֗ם שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה עֵינֹ֥ת מַ֖יִם וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים תְּמָרִ֑ים וַיַּחֲנוּ־שָׁ֖ם עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃
vayyavo'u elimah vesham shetem esreh enot mayim veshivim temarim vayyakhanu-sham al-hammayim
And they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there beside the water.
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.
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