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Soכֵּןit wasיִהְיֶהcontinually:תָמִידthe cloudהֶעָנָןcovered it,יְכַסֶּנּוּand the appearanceוּמַרְאֵהof fireאֵשׁby night.לָיְלָה
Numbers 9:16
Study it in the app“So it was continually: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 9:16, word by word
- it wasיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- continuallyתָמִידtamid
continually
Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.
Where else “tamid” appears- the cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- covered itיְכַסֶּyechase
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “yechase” appears- and the appearanceמַרְאֵהmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- of fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- by nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
The context
15And on the day the dwelling was set up, the cloud covered the dwelling, the tent of the testimony; and in the evening there was over the dwelling something like the appearance of fire until morning.
16 · This verse (above)
17And whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent, after that the sons of Israel would set out; and in the place where the cloud settled, there the sons of Israel would camp.