Numbers 9:22

“Or 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.”

Numbers 9:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 9:22, word by word

two daysיֹמַיִםyomayim

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yomayim” appears
a monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

Where else “chodesh” appears
while the cloudעָנָןanan

cloud of presence

The cloud of YHWH's presence.

Where else “anan” appears
lingeredהַאֲרִיךְhaarich

be long, prolong

Be long, last long; prolong.

Where else “haarich” appears
the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan

dwelling

The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.

Where else “mishkan” appears
dwellingשְׁכֹּןshekon

dwell

To live somewhere, stay.

Where else “shekon” appears
the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “vene” 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 remain campedיַחֲנוּyachanu

encamp

To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.

Where else “yachanu” appears
set outיִסָּעוּyisau

set out

To break camp and set out for another place.

Where else “yisau” appears
but when it was liftedהֵעָלֹתhealot

bring up

To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".

Where else “healot” appears

The context

21And 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.

22 · This verse (above)

23According to the command of YHWH they would camp, and according to the command of YHWH they would set out; they kept the charge of YHWH, according to the command of YHWH through Moses.

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