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And with a pillarוּבְעַמּוּדof cloudעָנָןyou led themהִנְחִיתָםby day,יוֹמָםand with a pillarוּבְעַמּוּדof fireאֵשׁby night,לַיְלָהto lightלְהָאִירfor themלָהֶםthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְin whichאֲשֶׁר בָהּthey should go.יֵלְכוּ
Nehemiah 9:12
Study it in the app“And with a pillar of cloud you led them by day, and with a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should go.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 9:12, word by word
- And with 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- you led themהִנְחִיתָhinchita
lead, guide
Lead, guide along the way; bring someone to a place.
Where else “hinchita” 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 nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- to lightהָאִירhair
give light
To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.
Where else “hair” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- they should goיֵלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears
The context
11And the sea you divided before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground; and their pursuers you threw into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters.
12 · This verse (above)
13And on Mount Sinai you came down, and spoke with them from the heavens, and gave them right rules and instructions of truth, good statutes and commandments.