Study it in the app“and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness, and it lit up the night; and the one did not come near the other all night.”
and it cameוַיָּבֹאbetweenבֵּיןthe campמַחֲנֵהof the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםandוּבֵיןthe campמַחֲנֵהof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלAnd there wasוַיְהִיthe cloudהֶעָנָןand the darkness,וְהַחֹשֶׁךְand it lit upוַיָּאֶרthe night;אֶת הַלָּיְלָהand the oneזֶהdid notוְלֹאcome nearקָרַבthe otherאֶל זֶהallכָּלnight.הַלָּיְלָה
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appearscloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appearsdarkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appearsgive light
To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.
Where else “yaer” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearscome near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “karav” appearsThe Hebrew of this verse is difficult. It can be understood that the cloud stood between the two camps: darkness on one side and light in the night on the other, so that they could not come near each other (compare Joshua 24:7).
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
19Then the angel of Elohim, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them,
20 · This verse (above)
21Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and YHWH drove back the sea by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were split.
