Numbers 12:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehovah came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֤רֶד יְהוָה֙ בְּעַמּ֣וּד עָנָ֔ן וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד פֶּ֣תַח הָאֹ֑הֶל וַיִּקְרָא֙ אַהֲרֹ֣ן וּמִרְיָ֔ם וַיֵּצְא֖וּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Wayyēred YHWH bə-ʿammūd ʿānān wayyaʿămōd petaḥ hāʾōhel wayyiqrāʾ ʾAhărōn ū-Miryām wayyēṣəʾū šənêhem

Grammar Details

*Wayyēred*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he came down'
*YHWH*: proper noun - 'the LORD'
*bə-ʿammūd*: preposition + masculine singular construct - 'in a pillar of'
*ʿānān*: masculine singular noun - 'cloud'
*wayyaʿămōd*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he stood'
*petaḥ*: masculine singular construct - 'at the entrance of'
*hāʾōhel*: definite article + masculine singular noun - 'the tent'
*wayyiqrāʾ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he called'
*ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - 'Aaron'
*ū-Miryām*: conjunction + proper noun - 'and Miriam'
*wayyēṣəʾū*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'and they went out'
*šənêhem*: numeral + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'both of them'

Word Meanings

*wayyēred*: came down/descended
*ʿammūd*: pillar/column
*petaḥ*: entrance/doorway/opening

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 11:25 : 25 And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
Exod 34:5 : 5 And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.
Exod 40:38 : 38 For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Ps 99:7 : 7 He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: They kept his testimonies, And the statute that he gave them.

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