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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Crossing of the Red Sea 2
Red Sea crossing 2
Exodus 14 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 (7)

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
Exodus from Egypt → keyEvent → Parting of the Sea of Reeds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crossing of the Red Sea
The Life of Moses → depicts → Parting of the Sea of Reeds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parting of the Red Sea
Psalm 106 → mentionsEvent → Parting of the Sea of Reeds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Sea crossing