Biblical Hebrew Forum

["nick lunn" <nick_lunn AT wycliffe.org>]

     Does anyone have any ideas about the unusual clause in Exodus 15:5a?
     The two Hebrew words simply say: 'The deep(s) covered them'.
     
     My questions concern:
     
     1. The YQTL form of the verb, when the adjoining verbal clauses are 
     all QTL.
     
     2. The lack of gender agreement between the verb (masc) and its 
     subject (fem).
     
     3. The fact that the subject precedes its verb, rather than follows 
     it.
     
     4. The presence of any personification here. (Any veiled reference to 
     Mesopotamian, Canaanite, or Egyptian myths?).
     
     If anybody can help or refer me to a good commentary I'd appreciate 
     it.
     
     Nick Lunn
     Wycliffe Bible Translators
     Nairobi
     Kenya