And sometimesוְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁרthe cloudהֶעָנָןwas thereיִהְיֶהfrom eveningמֵעֶרֶבuntilעַדmorning;בֹּקֶרand when the cloudוְ הֶעָנָןwas liftedנַעֲלָהin the morning,בַּבֹּקֶרthey would set out;וְנָסָעוּorאוֹa dayיוֹמָםand a night,וָלַיְלָהand when the cloudוְ הֶעָנָןwas lifted,נַעֲלָהthey would set out.וְנָסָעוּ
Numbers 9:21
Study it in the app“And sometimes the cloud was there from evening until morning; and when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would set out; or a day and a night, and when the cloud was lifted, they would set out.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 9:21, word by word
- the cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- was thereיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- from eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- was liftedנַעֲלָהnaala
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “naala” appears- they would set outנָסָעוּnasau
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nasau” appears- a dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- and a nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
The context
20And sometimes the cloud was a few days over the dwelling; according to the command of YHWH they would camp, and according to the command of YHWH they would set out.
21 · This verse (above)
22Or two days, or a month, or a year, while the cloud lingered over the dwelling, dwelling on it, the sons of Israel would remain camped and not set out; but when it was lifted, they would set out.