Numbers 9:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְיוֹם֙ הָקִ֣ים אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן כִּסָּ֤ה הֶֽעָנָן֙ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן לְאֹ֖הֶל הָעֵדֻ֑ת וּבָעֶ֜רֶב יִהְיֶ֧ה עַֽל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵ֖שׁ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃

Transliteration

And in yôm hāqîm ʾeṯ-hammiškān kissāh the ʿānān ʾeṯ-hammiškān for ʾōhel the ʿēḏuṯ and in ʿereḇ yihyeh upon hammiškān like marʾēh-ʾēš until bōqer.

Grammar Details

*yôm*: common noun, masculine singular - day
*hāqîm*: Hiphil infinitive construct - setting up
*ʾeṯ-hammiškān*: direct object marker + definite article + common noun - the tabernacle
*kissāh*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - covered
*ʿānān*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the cloud
*ʾōhel*: common noun, masculine singular construct - tent of
*ʿēḏuṯ*: common noun, feminine singular with definite article - the testimony
*ʿereḇ*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the evening
*yihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - there was
*hammiškān*: definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the tabernacle
*marʾēh-ʾēš*: common noun, masculine singular construct + common noun - appearance of fire
*bōqer*: common noun, masculine singular - morning

Word Meanings

*miškān*: tabernacle/dwelling place/sanctuary
*ʾōhel hāʿēḏuṯ*: tent of the testimony/tent of meeting/tent of witness
*marʾēh*: appearance/sight/vision

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Referenced Verses

Exod 13:21 : 21 And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:
Exod 40:34 : 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
Neh 9:19 : 19 yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Ps 78:14 : 14 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.
Ps 105:39 : 39 He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
Isa 4:5 : 5 And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory [shall be spread] a covering.
Ezek 10:3-4 : 3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 4 And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory.
1 Cor 10:1 : 1 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
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.
Num 14:14 : 14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou Jehovah art in the midst of this people; for thou Jehovah art seen face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Neh 9:12 : 12 Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Exod 14:19-20 : 19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them: 20 and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one came not near the other all the night.
Exod 14:24 : 24 And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians.
Exod 33:9-9 : 9 And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and [Jehovah] spake with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at his tent door.
Exod 40:2 : 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Exod 40:17-18 : 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.

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Num 9:16-22
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16So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
17And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped.
18At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped.
19And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.
20And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed.
21And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or [if it continued] by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
22Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Exod 40:34-38
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34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys:
37but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38For 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.
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15And Jehovah appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
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21And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night:
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39He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
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11And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
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17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
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2On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
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10And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,
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10And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud.
Num 14:14
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5And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Jehovah.
Neh 9:19
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Lev 9:23
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23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the people.
Lev 24:3
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Exod 31:7
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Heb 8:5
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Exod 25:9
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