Exodus 15:4

15:4 The chariots of Pharaoh12 and his army he has thrown into the sea,

and his chosen13 officers were drowned14 in the Red Sea.

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12	tn Gesenius notes that the sign of the accusative, often omitted in poetry, is not found in this entire song (GKC 363 §117.b).
13	tn The word is a substantive, “choice, selection”; it is here used in the construct state to convey an attribute before a partitive genitive—“the choice of his officers” means his “choice officers” (see GKC 417 §128.r).
14	tn The form is a Qal passive rather than a Pual, for there is not Piel form or meaning.