Miriam's Song (the Song of the Sea) - Exodus 15 - Parallel English/Hebrew translation

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Miriam's Song (the Song of the Sea) - Exodus 15

Then Mosheh sang this song with the children of Yisra'el to Yahweh, proclaiming:

	Translation	Transliteration
1.	Sing will I to Yahweh, for he has excelled exalted! Horse and his charioteer he threw into the sea.	’ashîyrah laYHVH kîy-gâ’ôh gâ’âh çûç w^erôk^ebôw râmâh bayyam
2.	My strength and my music of praise Yahweh: he is to me my salvation. This is my El, who I place at my heart, God of my father - I set Him on high.	‘âzzîy w^ezimrâth yâh way^ehîy-lîy lîyshû‘âh zeh ’êlîy w^e’an^ewêhû ’^elôhêy ’âbîy wa’^arôm^emenhû
3.	Yahweh is a man of war! Yahweh is His name!	YHVH ’îysh milchâmâh YHVH sh^emôw
4.	The chariots of Pharaoh's force he cast into the sea, and the best of his commanders have sunk into Yam Suph.	mark^ebôth par‘ôh w^echêylôw yârâh bayyâm ûmib^echar shâlishâyw tubb^e‘û b^eyam-çuph
5.	The deeps have spread over them, they dropped into the depths like stone.	t^ehômôth y^ekaçyumû yâr^edû bim^etsôwlôth k^emôw-’âben
6.	Your right hand O Yahweh - majestic in power! Your right hand O Yahweh - it shattered the enemy!	y^emîyn^ekâ YHVH ne’dârîy bakôach y^emîyn^ekâ YHVH tir‘ats ’ôwyêb
7.	In your great exaltation you throw down your rivals, unleash your burning anger and consume them like chaff.	ûb^erôb g^e’ôwn^ekâ tah^arôç qâmeykâ t^eshallach ch^arôn^ekâ yô’k^elêmôw kaqqash
8.	In the breath of your anger heaped up the waters - standing still like a stack the stream, curdled deeps in the heart of the sea.	ûb^erûach ’appeykâ ne‘er^emû mayim nitsts^ebû k^emôw-nêd nôz^elîym qâph^e’û t^ehômôth b^eleb-yam
9.	Said the foe “I chase, I catch - split the spoil, sate my soul - unsheathe my sword, ruin him with my right hand!”	’âmar ’ôyeb ’er^edôph ’assîyg ’^achallêq shâlâl tim^elâ’êmôw naph^eshîy ’ârîyq char^ebîy tôwrîyshêmôw yâdîy
10.	You blew with your breath, spread over them the sea, they submerged like lead in the waters of majesty.	nâshaph^etâ b^erûch^akâ kiççâmôw yâm tsâlalû ka‘ôphereth b^emayim ’addîyrîym
11.	Who like you among the gods? Yahweh! Who like you? Majestic in holiness, astounding in praises, working wonder!	mîy-kâmôkâh bâ’êlim YHVH mîy kâmôkâh ne’dâr baqqôdesh nôwrâ’ t^ehillôth ‘ôsêh-phele’
12.	You reached out your right hand, engulfed they were by earth.	nâtîythâ y^emîyn^ekâ tiblâ‘êmôw ’arets
13.	You guide in your kindness these kinfolk you adopted, you lead in your strength to your hearthplace of holiness.	nâchîytâ b^echaçd^ekâ ‘am-zû gâ’al^etâ nêhal^etâ b^e‘âzz^ekâ ‘el-n^ewêh qâd^eshekâ
14.	They have heard and the nations are shaken: anguish grips the dwellers of Pelasheth -	shâm^e‘û ‘ammîym yir^egâzûn chîyl ’âchaz yôsh^ebêy p^elâshêth
15.	then troubled the leaders of Edom, the chieftains of Mo'ab seized by trembling - melted away all the dwellers of Cana'an.	’âz nib^eh^alû ’allûpêy ’^edôm ’êylêy môw’âb yo’ch^azêmû ra‘ad nâmôgû kôl yôsh^ebêy k^enâ‘an
16.	Fallen upon them are terror and dread! At the greatness of your arm they are struck silent like stone while they pass by - your kindred, Yahweh - while they pass by - these kinfolk you have acquired.	tippôl ‘^alêhem ’êymâtâh wâphachad big^edôl z^erôw‘^akâ yid^emû kâ’âben ‘ad-ya‘abôr ‘amm^ekâ YHVH ‘ad-ya‘abôr ‘am-zû qânîythâ
17.	You gather them in and root them on the mountain of your estate, the foundation of your dwelling that you made, Yahweh, the holy place, Yahweh, founded by your hands.	t^ebi’êmôw w^etittâ‘êmôw b^ehar nach^alât^ekâ mâkôwn l^eshibt^ekâ pâ‘al^etâ YHVH miqq^edâsh ’^adônây kôwn^enû yâdeykâ
18.	It is Yahweh who will reign always and for ever!	YHVH yim^elôkâ l^e‘ôlâm wâ‘ed
19.	So went the horse of Pharaoh - with his chariotry and with his riders - into the sea, and Yahweh brought back on them the waters of the sea, but the children of Yisra'el went on the dried-up land in the middle of the sea.	kîy bâ’ çûç par‘ôh b^erikh^ebôw ûb^ephârâshâyw bayyâm wayyâshab YHVH ‘^alêhem ’eth-mêy hayyâm ûb^enêy yisrâ’êl hâl^ekhôw bayyabâshâh b^ethôwkh hayyâm
20.	Then took Miryam the prophetess, sister of Aharon, the timbrel in her hand, and followed all the women after her with timbrels and the dance,	P wattiqqach miryâm hann^ebîy’âh ’^achôwth ’ah^arôn ’eth-hattôph b^eyâddâh wattêtse’n kol-hannâshîym ’ach^areyhâ b^ethuppîym ûbim^echôlôth
21.	and she celebrated for them, Miryam: Sing you all to Yahweh, for he has excelled exalted! Horse and his charioteer he threw into the sea.	watta‘an lâhem miryâm shîyrû laYHVH kîy-gâ’ôh gâ’âh çûç w^erôk^ebôw râmâh bayyam

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