Exodus 33:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֗ה כְּבֹ֤א מֹשֶׁה֙ הָאֹ֔הֱלָה יֵרֵד֙ עַמּ֣וּד הֶֽעָנָ֔ן וְעָמַ֖ד פֶּ֣תַח הָאֹ֑הֶל וְדִבֶּ֖ר עִם־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyâ as-bōʾ Mōšeh the-ʾōhĕlâ, yērēd ʿammûd he-ʿānān wə-ʿāmad petaḥ the-ʾōhel wə-dibber with-Mōšeh.

Grammar Details

*wə-hāyâ*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
*bōʾ*: verb, Qal infinitive construct - to enter
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*ʾōhĕlâ*: noun, masculine singular + directional he - tent-ward
*yērēd*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he would descend
*ʿammûd*: noun, masculine singular construct - pillar of
*he-ʿānān*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the cloud
*wə-ʿāmad*: conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he would stand
*petaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - entrance of
*ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular - tent
*wə-dibber*: conjunction + verb, Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he would speak

Word Meanings

*bōʾ*: entering/going into/coming into
*ʾōhĕlâ*: to the tent/tent-ward
*yērēd*: he would descend/it would come down
*ʿammûd he-ʿānān*: pillar of the cloud/cloud column
*wə-ʿāmad*: and he would stand/and it would remain/and it would stay
*petaḥ*: entrance/doorway/opening
*wə-dibber*: and he would speak/and he would talk

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Referenced Verses

Ps 99:7 : 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
Exod 31:18 : 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Exod 33:11 : 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Exod 34:3 : 3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
Exod 34:9 : 9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
Num 11:17 : 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
Gen 17:22 : 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Gen 18:33 : 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Exod 13:21-22 : 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Exod 25:22 : 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Ezek 3:22 : 22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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15And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
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10And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
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7And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
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5And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
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5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
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Exod 24:15-16
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15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
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Exod 40:1
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 19:20
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20And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Exod 16:10-11
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73%
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 the LORD appeared in the cloud.
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Exod 19:3
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3And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
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30And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
Exod 19:25
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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 the LORD,
Exod 20:21-22
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21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
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Exod 29:43
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Lev 19:1
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 34:29
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Num 14:14
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Num 9:20
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20And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
Exod 40:38
71%
38For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.