Orאוֹtwo days,יֹמַיִםorאוֹa month,חֹדֶשׁorאוֹa year,יָמִיםwhile the cloudבְּ הֶעָנָןlingeredהַאֲרִיךְoverעַלthe dwelling,הַמִּשְׁכָּןdwellingלִשְׁכֹּןon it,עָלָיוthe sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwould remain campedיַחֲנוּand notוְלֹאset out;יִסָּעוּbut when it was lifted,וּבְהֵעָלֹתוֹthey would set out.יִסָּעוּ
Numbers 9:22
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.