Numbers 9:18

“According to the command of YHWH the sons of Israel would set out, and according to the command of YHWH they would camp; all the days that the cloud dwelt over the dwelling they would remain camped.”

Numbers 9:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 9:18, word by word

According to the commandפִּיpi

according to

Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.

Where else “pi” 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.

Where else “yehva” 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
they would campיַחֲנוּyachanu

encamp

To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.

Where else “yachanu” appears
the daysיְמֵיyeme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yeme” appears
the cloudעָנָןanan

cloud of presence

The cloud of YHWH's presence.

Where else “anan” appears
dweltיִשְׁכֹּןyishkon

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

Where else “yishkon” appears
the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan

dwelling

The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.

Where else “mishkan” appears

The context

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.

18 · This verse (above)

19And when the cloud lingered over the dwelling many days, the sons of Israel would keep the charge of YHWH and not set out.

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