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Psalm 136

Psa. 136:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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To him which divided
gazar (Hebrew #1504)
to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
KJV usage: cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.
Pronounce: gaw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
d the Red
cuwph (Hebrew #5488)
a reed, especially the papyrus
KJV usage: flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare 5489.
Pronounce: soof
Origin: probably of Egyptian origin
sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
into parts
gezer (Hebrew #1506)
something cut off; a portion
KJV usage: part, piece.
Pronounce: gheh'-zer
Origin: from 1504
: for his mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
endureth for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Psa. 78:13• 13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. (Psa. 78:13)
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Ex. 14:21‑22• 21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
 22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. (Ex. 14:21‑22)

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Forever,
Mercy,
Red Sea

Cross References

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Psa. 66:5‑6• 5Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
 6He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. (Psa. 66:5‑6)
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Psa. 74:13• 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. (Psa. 74:13)
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Psa. 78:13• 13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. (Psa. 78:13)
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Psa. 106:9‑11• 9He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
 10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
 11And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. (Psa. 106:9‑11)
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Ex. 14:21‑22,29• 21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
 22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
 29But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. (Ex. 14:21‑22,29)
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Isa. 63:12‑13• 12That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
 13That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? (Isa. 63:12‑13)
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Heb. 11:29• 29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. (Heb. 11:29)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To him that divided the Red sea into parts, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,