What Does Exodus 14:1 Mean?
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,THE KEY
The one drawn out of the water receives the word that will lead a whole people through it.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s word reaches you at the edge of a passage before the way through is visible. Moses’ name carries the memory of being drawn out; now the one drawn from water receives direction as others face the water.
THE ROOT
מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh
GROWS FROM
משׁה
m-sh-h
To draw out.
Moses’ name preserves the action of being drawn out of water; here, the one drawn out receives the word just before Israel’s waters become a passage. The same verb appears in a song of deliverance as “he drew me out of many waters,” turning the name into a memory of rescue.
ALSO GROWS
māšâ: To draw out.
מָשָׁה
This is the verb behind Moses’ name: the person drawn out of water now receives direction at the threshold of another crossing.
yimshēnî: He drew me out.
יִמְשֵׁנִי
In Psalm 18:16, the same root describes being drawn out of many waters, extending the name’s rescue pattern beyond Moses.
THE PATTERN
What is drawn out of danger can become the beginning of a passage through danger for many.
Now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.He stretches out from the height, takes hold of me, and draws me out of many waters.By trust they stepped across the Red Sea as over dry land, which the Egyptians, making the attempt, were swallowed down.THE THREAD
And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, the one drawn out, and she said, Because from the waters I drew him out.Moses’ name is tied to the verb “to draw out,” preserving the memory of rescue from water. Here, that same drawn-out man receives the word at the threshold of a crossing that will draw a people through water.
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