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Psalms 66:6

He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

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הָ֤פַךְhafakhchangeהָפַךְverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “change”, a completed actionH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).יָ֨םyamseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a 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 southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).לְֽיַבָּשָׁ֗הleyabashahto dryיַבָּשָׁהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to dry”, the ordinary formH3004dry grounddry (ground, land).בַּ֭נָּהָרbanaharin floodנָהָרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.יַֽעַבְר֣וּyaavrvalienateעָבַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “alienate”, an unfinished actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…בְרָ֑גֶלveragelin footרֶגֶלpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in foot”, the ordinary formH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.שָׁ֝֗םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.נִשְׂמְחָהnismechahbe gladשָׂמַחverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “be glad”, a determination or requestH8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomecheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.בּֽוֹbvoinבּֽוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot; there let us rejoice in Him!

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American Standard Version (1901)

He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.

Young’s Literal Translation

He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.

World English Bible

He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.

Darby Translation

He turned the sea into dry [land]; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

Douay-Rheims

Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give praise to thee:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot; there let us rejoice in Him!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall we rejoice in him,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ μεταστρέφων τὴν θάλασσαν εἰς ξηρὰν, ἐν ποταμῷ διελεύσονται ποδί· ἐκεῖ εὐφρανθησόμεθα ἐπʼ αὐτῷ,