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Rashi on Exodus 14:27/רש"י על שמות י״ד:כ״ז
אלפנות בקר. לְעֵת שֶׁהַבֹּקֶר פּוֹנֶה לָבֹא:
1לפנות בקר AT THE TURNING OF THE MORNING at the time when the morning turns to come).
בלאיתנו. לְתָקְפּוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן (מכילתא):
2לאיתנו means TO ITS ORIGINAL STRENGTH (Mekhilta).
גנסים לקראתו. שֶׁהָיוּ מְהֻמָּמִים וּמְטֹרָפִים וְרָצִין לִקְרַאת הַמַּיִם:
3נסים לקראתו FLED TOWARDS IT — because they were thrown into confusion and were bewildered and on that account ran towards it.
דוינער ה'. כְּאָדָם שֶׁמְּנַעֵר אֶת הַקְּדֵרָה וְהוֹפֵךְ הָעֶלְיוֹן לְמַטָּה וְהַתַּחְתּוֹן לְמַעְלָה, כָּךְ הָיוּ עוֹלִין וְיוֹרְדִין וּמִשְׁתַּבְּרִין בַּיָּם, וְנָתַן הַקָּבָּ"ה בָּהֶם חַיּוּת לְקַבֵּל הַיִּסּוּרִין (שם):
4וינער ה AND THE LORD OVERTHREW (or, shook out or emptied out) — as a person empties out a pot, turning what is on top underneath and what is underneath on top: thus they were emptied out of their chariots and they rose and fell till at last they were broken to pieces in the sea, and the Holy One, blessed be He, put vitality (strength) in them so that they could bear the pain (and thus their agony was protracted) (cf. Mekhilta).
הוינער. "וְשַׁנֵּיק", וְהוּא לְשׁוֹן טֵרוּף בִּלְשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי, וְהַרְבֵּה יֵשׁ בְּמִ"אַ:
5וינער — Onkelos renders this by ושניק which is an expression for confounding in Aramaic, and there are many examples of it in the Agadic expositions.