The semantic study of key-terms in Exodus 5:8 reveals that there is no mention of the Israelites crossing through the sea simply because the same image is being used as that found in Exodus 14 nor that there would be any need to demand the presence of a particular vocabulary expressing the destruction of the pursuers. The metaphor of solidified water, which occurs in the narrative as well, is employed in the poem to describe the destruction of the enemy by YHWH. The waters are "piled up", "risen up like a dam", and "congealed" by YHWH so that they can then be released on the overconfident pursuers and swallow them up. (LLBA 2000, vol. 34, n. 4)