Song of the Sea

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Song of the Sea is a biblical hymn in the Book of Exodus that celebrates the Israelites’ deliverance from Egypt and the defeat of Pharaoh’s army.

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Label Occurrences
Song of the Sea canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible text ⓘ
Old Testament text ⓘ
biblical hymn ⓘ
poetic passage ⓘ
addressesDeity YHWH ⓘ
attributedTo Moses ⓘ
the Israelites ⓘ
linked to: Israelites
celebrates deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt ⓘ
centralFigure YHWH as deliverer ⓘ
centralHumanFigure Moses ⓘ
containsMotif God as warrior ⓘ
God’s right hand ⓘ
fear of surrounding nations ⓘ
planting of Israel on God’s holy mountain ⓘ
dateOfComposition ancient Israelite period (traditional view) ⓘ
describes defeat of Pharaoh’s army ⓘ
followsEvent crossing of the Red Sea ⓘ
genre thanksgiving song ⓘ
victory hymn ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Shirat HaYam ⓘ
Song of Moses ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Jewish liturgical poetry ⓘ
later biblical hymns ⓘ
hasLanguage Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
hasTitle Song of the Sea ⓘ
liturgicalUse Jewish prayer services ⓘ
Passover liturgy ⓘ
locatedInText Exodus 15:1–18 ⓘ
mentionsEvent parting of the sea ⓘ
mentionsGroup Pharaoh’s army ⓘ
Pharaoh’s chariots ⓘ
mentionsLocation the sanctuary of God ⓘ
the sea ⓘ
partOf Book of Exodus ⓘ
Christian Old Testament ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Five Books of Moses

Torah ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scripturalStatus canonical ⓘ
studiedIn biblical scholarship ⓘ
textualForm poetry ⓘ
theme God’s kingship ⓘ
divine deliverance ⓘ
judgment on oppressors ⓘ
praise and worship ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Miriam → associatedWith → Song of the Sea ⓘ
Song of the Sea → hasTitle → Song of the Sea ⓘ
women of Israel → associatedWith → Song of the Sea ⓘ
Tapio Kuula → notableWork → Song of the Sea ⓘ