Numbers 9:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the 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 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:
Exod 40:34 : 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Neh 9:19 : 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Ps 78:14 : 14 In the daytime also he led{H8686)} 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 the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Ezek 10:3-4 : 3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 4 Then the glory of the LORD went 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 the LORD'S glory.
1 Cor 10:1 : 1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Exod 40:38 : 38 For 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.
Num 14:14 : 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Neh 9:12 : 12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Exod 14:19-20 : 19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Exod 14:24 : 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Exod 33:9-9 : 9 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. 10 And 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.
Exod 40:2 : 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
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 fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

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Num 9:16-22
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16So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
17And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
18At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
19And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
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.
21And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
22Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Exod 40:34-38
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34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
36And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
37But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
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.
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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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8And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
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21And 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:
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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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Exod 26:30
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15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
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2On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
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Exod 16:13
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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 16:10
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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 the LORD appeared in the cloud.
Num 14:14
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14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
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5And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
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Lev 9:23
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23And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD 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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