Psalms 99:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: They kept his testimonies, And the statute that he gave them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּעַמּ֣וּד עָ֭נָן יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם שָׁמְר֥וּ עֵ֝דֹתָ֗יו וְחֹ֣ק נָֽתַן־לָֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

In-ʿammûd ʿānān yədabbēr to-them šāmərû ʿēdōtāyw wə-ḥōq nātan-to-them

Grammar Details

*ʿammûd*: common noun, masculine singular construct with preposition *bə* - in pillar of
*ʿānān*: common noun, masculine singular - cloud
*yədabbēr*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he spoke
*šāmərû*: qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they kept
*ʿēdōtāyw*: common noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his testimonies
*wə-ḥōq*: conjunction + common noun, masculine singular - and statute
*nātan*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he gave
to-them: preposition *lə* with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them (*lāmô*)

Word Meanings

*ʿammûd*: pillar/column
*ʿānān*: cloud/cloud mass
*yədabbēr*: spoke/was speaking
*šāmərû*: kept/observed/preserved
*ʿēdōtāyw*: testimonies/decrees/statutes
*ḥōq*: statute/ordinance/decree

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Referenced Verses

Exod 33:9 : 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.
Num 12:5 : 5 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.
Num 16:15 : 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto Jehovah, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
Deut 4:5 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.
Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.
1 Sam 12:3-5 : 3 Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.
Ps 105:28 : 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.
Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Heb 3:2 : 2 who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
1 John 3:21-22 : 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; 22 and whatsoever {G1437} we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
Exod 40:16 : 16 Thus did Moses: according to all that Jehovah commanded him, so did he.
Exod 19:9 : 9 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Neh 9:12-15
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12Moreover 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.
13Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
14and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
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Exod 33:9-10
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9And 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.
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Num 9:15-20
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15And 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.
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.
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70%
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Exod 19:9
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