InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Exo C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40
Exo 15 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God · Jacob (Israel) · Moses
Dictionary: Moses
OET-LV Then Mosheh and_the_sons of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) he_sang DOM the_song (the)_this to/for_YHWH and_they_said to_say I_will_sing to/for_YHWH if/because highly_(exalted) he_is_exalted the_horse and_rider_of_its he_has_thrown in_sea.
OET (OET-RV) Then Mosheh (Moses) and the Israelis sang this song to Yahweh:
⇔ “I will sing to Yahweh because he’s been so successful—
⇔ he’s thrown both the horses and their riders into the sea.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה
to_be_exalted (Some words not found in UHB: then sang Mosheh and=the_sons Yisrael DOM the,song (the),this to/for=YHWH and=they_said to=say sing to/for=YHWH that/for/because/then/when to_be_exalted he_is_exalted horse and,rider_of,its hurled in,sea )
If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly over whom Yahweh triumphed. Alternate translation: [he has achieved a glorious victory over the army of Egypt]
גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה
to_be_exalted (Some words not found in UHB: then sang Mosheh and=the_sons Yisrael DOM the,song (the),this to/for=YHWH and=they_said to=say sing to/for=YHWH that/for/because/then/when to_be_exalted he_is_exalted horse and,rider_of,its hurled in,sea )
Alternate translation: [he is highly exalted] or [he is extremely high] or [he is exaltedly exalted]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ס֥וּס וְרֹכְב֖וֹ רָמָ֥ה בַיָּֽם
horse and,rider_of,its hurled (Some words not found in UHB: then sang Mosheh and=the_sons Yisrael DOM the,song (the),this to/for=YHWH and=they_said to=say sing to/for=YHWH that/for/because/then/when to_be_exalted he_is_exalted horse and,rider_of,its hurled in,sea )
Moses sang about God causing the sea to cover and drown the horse and rider as if God had thrown them into the sea. If your readers would not understand what this image means in this context, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [he has made the horse and rider drown in the sea]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
ס֥וּס וְרֹכְב֖וֹ
horse and,rider_of,its
This refers to many or all of the Egyptian horses and riders that were chasing the Israelites. Alternate translation: [the horses and their riders]
וְרֹכְב֖וֹ
and,rider_of,its
Here, rider could either refer to a person who sits on a horse or who travels in a chariot that a horse is pulling.
OET-LV Then Mosheh and_the_sons of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) he_sang DOM the_song (the)_this to/for_YHWH and_they_said to_say I_will_sing to/for_YHWH if/because highly_(exalted) he_is_exalted the_horse and_rider_of_its he_has_thrown in_sea.
OET (OET-RV) Then Mosheh (Moses) and the Israelis sang this song to Yahweh:
⇔ “I will sing to Yahweh because he’s been so successful—
⇔ he’s thrown both the horses and their riders into the sea.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.