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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהappearedיֵּרָאin the tentבָּאֹהֶלin a pillarבְּעַמּוּדof cloud,עָנָןand the pillarוַ עַמּוּדof cloudהֶעָנָןstoodיַּעֲמֹדoverעַלthe entranceפֶּתַחof the tent.הָאֹהֶל
Deuteronomy 31:15
Study it in the app“And YHWH appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance of the tent.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:15, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- appearedיֵּרָאyera
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yera” appears- in the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- in a pillarעַמּוּדamud
pillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amud” appears- of cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- stoodיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- the entranceפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears
The context
14And YHWH said to Moses, “Look, your days have drawn near for dying. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, so that I may commission him.” And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
15 · This verse (above)
16And YHWH said to Moses, “Look, you are about to lie down with your fathers, and this people will rise and prostitute themselves after the foreign gods of the land where they are going, in its midst, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I made with them.