Parting of the Sea of Reeds

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Crossing of the Red Sea 2
Red Sea crossing 2
Exodus 14 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Exodus narrative episode
biblical event
miracle
centralFigure Moses
commemoratedDuring Passover
commemoratedIn Christian liturgy
Jewish liturgy
describedIn Book of Exodus
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible

Torah
describedInChapter Exodus 14
followsEvent Exodus from Egypt
Ten Plagues of Egypt
hasAction sea returned to its strength
waters divided
hasAgent God
Yahweh
linked to: YHWH
hasAlternativeName Crossing of the Red Sea
Red Sea crossing
hasGenre sacred history narrative
hasLanguageForm Hebrew term "Yam Suf"
hasLeader Moses
hasLocation Sea of Reeds
linked to: Suez
hasLocationHypothesizedAs Bitter Lakes
linked to: Lake Timsah

Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Suez
Lake Timsah
hasLocationTraditionallyIdentifiedAs Red Sea
hasMeans strong east wind
hasMedium water
hasOpposingForce Egyptian army
linked to: 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 1 Corinthians 10
Acts 7
Nehemiah 9
linked to: Ezra–Nehemiah

Psalm 106
Psalm 136
Quran
precedesEvent Song of the Sea
Wandering in the Wilderness
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism

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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 Exodus 14
linked to: Parting of the Sea of Reeds
Parting of the Sea of Reeds hasAlternativeName Crossing of the Red Sea
linked to: Parting of the Sea of Reeds
Parting of the Sea of Reeds hasAlternativeName Red Sea crossing
linked to: Parting of the Sea of Reeds
Exodus from Egypt keyEvent Crossing of the Red Sea
linked to: Parting of the Sea of Reeds
The Life of Moses depicts Parting of the Red Sea
linked to: Parting of the Sea of Reeds
Psalm 106 mentionsEvent Red Sea crossing
linked to: Parting of the Sea of Reeds