The Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Exodus 15:3 softens a hard Hebrew line. The Torah reads "Adonai ish milchamah"—the Lord is a man of war. The phrase is startling. Is God really a "man"? The Targum handles it with precision: "The Lord is a man making war for us." Not God the warrior, but God who wages war on our behalf.
The Aramaic shift preserves the anthropomorphic energy of the Hebrew while directing it outward. God is not fighting to prove Himself. He is not fighting for Himself. He is fighting for us. The battle at the sea was Israel's battle, and God took it up as His own.
Then comes the theological heart of the verse: "From generation to generation He maketh known His power unto the people of the house of Israel." The Targum universalizes the moment. What happened at the sea was not a one-time display. Every generation of Israel will see God's power again, in its own way. The Exodus is a pattern, not an event.
"The Lord is His Name; according to His Name, so is His power." The Targum is playing on a deep Hebrew idea: a name and a power are the same thing. When Israel knows God's Name, Israel has access to God's power. When the name is profaned, the power seems absent. When the name is sanctified, the power returns.
"His Name shall be blessed for ever and ever." The Song of the Sea, in the Targum's hearing, is not only a victory song. It is a liturgical commitment. Israel, having seen the Name in action, vows to bless it without end.
Takeaway: the Targum teaches that God's power and God's Name are one, and that every generation is invited to see the war that is being fought on its behalf.