Parting of the Sea of Reeds

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Exodus narrative episode biblical event miracle

The Parting of the Sea of Reeds is the biblical miracle in which the waters divide to allow the Israelites to escape from Egypt, traditionally attributed to Moses’ leadership and God’s intervention.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Crossing of the Red Sea	1
Exodus 14	1
Red Sea crossing	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Exodus narrative episode ⓘ biblical event ⓘ miracle ⓘ
centralFigure	Moses ⓘ
commemoratedDuring	Passover ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Christian liturgy ⓘ Jewish liturgy ⓘ
describedIn	Book of Exodus ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament Torah ⓘ
describedInChapter	Parting of the Sea of Reeds self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Exodus 14
followsEvent	Exodus from Egypt ⓘ ten plagues of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ten Plagues of Egypt
hasAction	sea returned to its strength ⓘ waters divided ⓘ
hasAgent	God ⓘ YHWH ⓘ surface form: Yahweh
hasAlternativeName	Parting of the Sea of Reeds ⓘ surface form: Crossing of the Red Sea Parting of the Sea of Reeds ⓘ surface form: Red Sea crossing
hasGenre	sacred history narrative ⓘ
hasLanguageForm	Hebrew term "Yam Suf" ⓘ
hasLeader	Moses ⓘ
hasLocation	Suez ⓘ surface form: Sea of Reeds
hasLocationHypothesizedAs	Lake Timsah ⓘ surface form: Bitter Lakes Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ Gulf of Suez ⓘ Lake Timsah ⓘ
hasLocationTraditionallyIdentifiedAs	Red Sea ⓘ
hasMeans	strong east wind ⓘ
hasMedium	water ⓘ
hasOpposingForce	Egyptian Army ⓘ surface form: Egyptian army
hasOpposingLeader	Pharaoh ⓘ
hasOutcome	destruction of the Egyptian army ⓘ escape of the Israelites from Egypt ⓘ
hasPeopleInvolved	Israelites ⓘ
hasSymbolism	God’s sovereignty over nature ⓘ divine deliverance ⓘ liberation from slavery ⓘ
mentionedIn	First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ surface form: 1 Corinthians 10 Acts of the Apostles ⓘ surface form: Acts 7 Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Nehemiah 9 Psalm 106 ⓘ Psalm 136 ⓘ Quran ⓘ
precedesEvent	Song of the Sea ⓘ Wandering in the Wilderness ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moses → associatedWithEvent → Parting of the Sea of Reeds ⓘ

Parting of the Sea of Reeds → describedInChapter → Parting of the Sea of Reeds self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Exodus 14

Parting of the Sea of Reeds → hasAlternativeName → Parting of the Sea of Reeds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crossing of the Red Sea

Parting of the Sea of Reeds → hasAlternativeName → Parting of the Sea of Reeds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Sea crossing