And Miriam answered them,.... The men, for the word is masculine; that is, repeated, and sung the same song word for word after them, as they had done, of which a specimen is given by reciting the first clause of the song:
sing ye to the Lord; which is by way of exhortation to the women to sing with her, as Moses begins the song thus: "I will sing unto the Lord",
for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea; Exodus 15:1, the manner of their singing, according to the Jews z, was, Moses first said, "I will sing", and they said it after him.
z T. Hieros. Sotah, fol. 20. 3. T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 30. 2.