The Meaning of Exodus 14:7 Explained

Exodus 14:7

KJV: And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

YLT: and he taketh six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all;

Darby: And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

ASV: and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he took  six  hundred  chosen  chariots,  and all the chariots  of Egypt,  and captains  over every one of them. 

What does Exodus 14:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 14:1-9 - The People Are Led Out And Pursued
There were two routes to Canaan, the nearest through the land of the Philistines; but to take that would have exposed the Hebrews to the very sights that so dismayed the twelve spies. See Numbers 33:1-56. They might have had to fight every mile of advance. This would have been too great an ordeal for their young faith. So God, like the mother eagle, bore them on His wings. The Angel who conducted the march in the cloud chariot, led them about. Thus God deals with us still, tempering the wind to the shorn lamb. Patience and faith are still severely tested by the circuitous and laborious route, but when in the afterwards we understand God's reasons, we are satisfied. There are many lessons learned on the wilderness route. How often God leads us into what seem to be impossible positions, that in our absolute extremity there may be room for Him to work. All is love. See Psalms 136:1-26. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 14

1  God instructs the Israelites in their journey
5  Pharaoh pursues after them
10  The Israelites murmur
13  Moses comforts them
15  God instructs Moses
19  The cloud removes behind the camp
21  The Israelites pass through the Red sea, which drowns the Egyptians

What do the individual words in Exodus 14:7 mean?

And he took six hundred chariots choice and all the chariots of Egypt and with captains over every one of them
וַיִּקַּ֗ח שֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת רֶ֙כֶב֙ בָּח֔וּר וְכֹ֖ל רֶ֣כֶב מִצְרָ֑יִם וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם עַל־ כֻּלּֽוֹ

וַיִּקַּ֗ח  And  he  took 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
שֵׁשׁ־  six 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
מֵא֥וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
רֶ֙כֶב֙  chariots 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶכֶב  
Sense: a team, chariot, chariotry, mill-stone, riders.
בָּח֔וּר  choice 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּחוּר 
Sense: youth, young man.
וְכֹ֖ל  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
רֶ֣כֶב  the  chariots 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֶכֶב  
Sense: a team, chariot, chariotry, mill-stone, riders.
מִצְרָ֑יִם  of  Egypt 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם  and  with  captains 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁלִישׁ 
Sense: third part.
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כֻּלּֽוֹ  every  one  of  them 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.