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And wheneverוּבְthe cloudהֶעָנָןwas taken upהֵעָלוֹתfrom overמֵעַלthe dwelling,הַמִּשְׁכָּןthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwould set out,יִסְעוּin allבְּכֹלtheir journeys.מַסְעֵיהֶם
Exodus 40:36
Study it in the app“And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the dwelling, the sons of Israel would set out, in all their journeys.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 40:36, word by word
- the cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- was taken upהֵעָלוֹתhealot
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “healot” appears- the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- would set outיִסְעוּyisu
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appears- their journeysמַסְעֵיmase
stage
Each leg of a journey, between one camp and the next.
Where else “mase” appears
The context
35And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting, for the cloud dwelt on it, and the glory of YHWH filled the dwelling.
36 · This verse (above)
37But if the cloud was not taken up, they would not set out until the day that it was taken up.