Numbers 9:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיֵ֞שׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֤ה הֶֽעָנָן֙ מֵעֶ֣רֶב עַד־בֹּ֔קֶר וְנַעֲלָ֧ה הֶֽעָנָ֛ן בַּבֹּ֖קֶר וְנָסָ֑עוּ א֚וֹ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה וְנַעֲלָ֥ה הֶעָנָ֖ן וְנָסָֽעוּ׃

Transliteration

And sometimes yihyeh the ʿānān from ʿereḇ until bōqer and naʿălāh the ʿānān in the bōqer and nāsāʿû or yômām and laylāh and naʿălāh the ʿānān and nāsāʿû.

Grammar Details

*yihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would be
*ʿānān*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the cloud
*ʿereḇ*: common noun, masculine singular - evening
*bōqer*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the morning
*naʿălāh*: Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was taken up
*nāsāʿû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they set out
*yômām*: adverb - by day
*laylāh*: common noun, masculine singular - night

Word Meanings

*naʿălāh*: was taken up/lifted up/arose
*nāsāʿû*: set out/journeyed/traveled/departed
*yômām*: by day/during daytime

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Referenced Verses

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.
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.

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