Exodus 40:38

With the Hebrew beneath

Exodus 40:38, word by word

For the cloudעֲנַןanan

cloud of presence

The cloud of YHWH's presence.

Where else “anan” appears

of 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.

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was on the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan

dwelling

The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.

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by dayיוֹמָםyomam

by day

By day, in the daytime.

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and fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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wasתִּהְיֶהtihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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by nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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before the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

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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.

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their journeysמַסְעֵיmase

stage

Each leg of a journey, between one camp and the next.

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The context