Deuteronomy 11:4

And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
did	עָשָׂה֩ 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
army	לְחֵ֨יל le.Cheil	H2428	probably a force · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֜יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
horses	לְסוּסָ֣יו le.su.Sav	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
chariots	וּלְרִכְבּ֗וֹ u.le.rikh.Bo	H7393	a vehicle · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
water	מֵ֤י mei	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural construct
Red	סוּף֙ suf	H5488	a reed · noun, masculine singular absolute
sea	יַם yam-	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · noun, common masculine singular construct
overflow	הֵצִ֜יף he.Tzif	H6687	to overflow · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
them	פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם pe.nei.Hem	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
pursued	בְּרָדְפָ֖ם be.ra.de.Fam	H7291	to run after (usually with hostile intent · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
after	אַחֲרֵיכֶ֑ם 'a.cha.rei.Khem	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
destroyed	וַיְאַבְּדֵ֣ם vay.'a.be.Dem	H6	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
day	הַיּ֥וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 14:23-31 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Exodus 15:9-10 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand…
Exodus 15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon…
Psalms 106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
Exodus 15:4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
Hebrews 11:29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Because God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude (so the preceding chapter concludes), therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God (so this begins). Those whom God has built up into families, whose beginning was small, but whose latter end greatly increases, should use that as an argument with themselves why they should serve God. Thou shalt keep his charge, that is, the oracles of his word and ordinances of his worship, with which they were entrusted and for which they were accountable. It is a phrase often used concerning the office of the priests and Levites, for all Israel was a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. Observe the connection of these two: Thou shalt love the Lord…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 11:2

I speak not with your children which have not known . . . But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did--Moses is here giving a brief summary of the marvels and miracles of awful judgment which God had wrought in effecting their release from the tyranny of Pharaoh, as well as those which had taken place in the wilderness. He knew that he might dwell upon these, for he was addressing many who had been witnesses of those appalling incidents. For it will be remembered that the divine threatening that they should die in the wilderness, and its execution, extended only to males from twenty years and upward, who were able to go forth to war. No males under twenty years of age…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 11:4

And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots,.... At the Red sea, when they pursued Israel in order to bring them back or destroy them, after they had let them go, which army was very numerous; see Exodus 14:7. how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them; "or to flow over their faces" (b): as they pursued after you; so that they could not see their way, nor steer their course after them; and not only so, but were covered with the waters of the sea, drowned in them, and sunk to the bottom of them: and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day; either continued to destroy them yet more and more by one means or another; or else the destructio…

Dictionary and topics

Red Sea — The sea so called extends along the west coast of Arabia for about 1,400 miles, and separates Asia from Africa. It is connected with the Indian Ocean, of which it is an arm, by the Strait of…
Ten Commandments — The popular name in this, as in so many instances, is not that of Scripture. There we have the “TEN WORDS,” (Exodus 34:28; 4:13; 10:4) the ”Covenant,” Ex., Deut. 11. cc.; (1 Kings 8:21; 2 Chronicles…
Red Sea · 14;15:1,4,11,19; — 14;15:1,4,11,19;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 11:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 11:2

John Gill on Deuteronomy 11:4

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 11:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 11:2

John Gill on Deuteronomy 11:4

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 11:1-15

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 11:2-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 11:4

Rashi on Deuteronomy 11:2