What Does Exodus 15:16 Mean?

“shall fall”

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“Fear”

fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)

“and dread”

a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)

“upon them by the greatness”

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

“of thine arm”

the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force

“they shall be as still”

to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish

“as a stone”

a stone

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“pass over”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

“till the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“pass over”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

“till the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“which”

this or that

“thou hast purchased”

to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own