Study it in the app“you, in your many mercies, did not abandon them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day, to lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should go.”
Israel confesses its stubbornness and recalls that God did not abandon themFaithfulness
you,וְאַתָּהin your manyבְּ הָרַבִּיםmercies,רַחֲמֶיךָdid notלֹאabandon themעֲזַבְתָּםin the wilderness:בַּמִּדְבָּרthe pillarעַמּוּדof cloudהֶעָנָןdid notלֹאdepartסָרfrom over themמֵעֲלֵיהֶםby day,בְּיוֹמָםto lead themלְהַנְחֹתָםon the way,בְּהַדֶּרֶךְnorוְthe pillarעַמּוּדof fireהָאֵשׁby night,בְּלַיְלָהto lightלְהָאִירfor themלָהֶםthe wayוְ הַדֶּרֶךְin whichאֲשֶׁר בָהּthey should go.יֵלְכוּ
much
In great quantity, more than expected.
Where else “rabim” appearscompassion
A deep tenderness, like a mother's.
Where else “rachame” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavta” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearspillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amud” appearscloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appearsturn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sar” appearsby day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appearslead, guide
Lead, guide along the way; bring someone to a place.
Where else “hanchota” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsgive light
To fill with light and drive away darkness; also to light a lamp.
Where else “hair” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears18Even when they made for themselves a calf of cast metal and said, ‘This is your god who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and committed great acts of contempt,
19 · This verse (above)
20And your good spirit you gave to give them understanding, and your manna you did not withhold from their mouth, and water you gave them for their thirst.
