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The pillarעַמּוּדof cloudהֶעָנָןby dayיוֹמָםandוְthe pillarעַמּוּדof fireהָאֵשׁby nightלָיְלָהdid notלֹאdepartיָמִישׁfrom beforeלִפְנֵיthe people.הָעָם
Exodus 13:22
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A pillar of cloud by day and fire by night goes with Israel in the desertGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 13:22, word by word
- The 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- by dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- of fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- by nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- departיָמִישׁyamish
depart
To shift from its place.
Where else “yamish” appears- from beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
21YHWH went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give light to them, so that they could travel by day and by night.
22 · This verse (above)