OET interlinear EXO 15:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וּ⁠בְ⁠ר֤וּחַ אַפֶּ֨י⁠ךָ֙

and,by,the_breath_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,by,the_breath_of your(ms)=both_nostrils piled_up waters stood_up like heap floods congealed deeps in_[the],heart_of sea )

Moses speaks of God as if God had a nose, and he speaks of the wind as if God blew the wind from his nose. Alternate translation: [You blew on the sea and]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וּ⁠בְ⁠ר֤וּחַ אַפֶּ֨י⁠ךָ֙ נֶ֣עֶרְמוּ מַ֔יִם נִצְּב֥וּ כְמוֹ־נֵ֖ד נֹזְלִ֑ים

and,by,the_breath_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,by,the_breath_of your(ms)=both_nostrils piled_up waters stood_up like heap floods congealed deeps in_[the],heart_of sea )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [The blast from your nostrils piled the waters up and made the flowing waters stand upright in a heap]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

נֶ֣עֶרְמוּ מַ֔יִם נִצְּב֥וּ כְמוֹ־נֵ֖ד נֹזְלִ֑ים קָֽפְא֥וּ תְהֹמֹ֖ת בְּ⁠לֶב־יָֽם

piled_up waters (Some words not found in UHB: and,by,the_breath_of your(ms)=both_nostrils piled_up waters stood_up like heap floods congealed deeps in_[the],heart_of sea )

These lines are synonymous parallels where each line means basically the same thing, but each gives the reader a different poetic image.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠לֶב־יָֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,by,the_breath_of your(ms)=both_nostrils piled_up waters stood_up like heap floods congealed deeps in_[the],heart_of sea )

The center or deepest part of the sea is spoken of as if the sea had a heart. Alternate translation: [in the center of the sea]