Psalms 78:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In the daytime also he led{H8686)} them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּנְחֵ֣ם בֶּעָנָ֣ן יוֹמָ֑ם וְכָל־הַ֝לַּ֗יְלָה בְּא֣וֹר אֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

And he wayyanḥēm in beʿānān by yômām and all-wᵉḵāl-the hallaylâ in light of bᵉʾôr ʾēš

Grammar Details

*wayyanḥēm*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he led them
*beʿānān*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - with/by a cloud
*yômām*: adverb - by day/daily
*wᵉḵāl*: waw conjunctive + noun, masculine singular construct - and all of
*hallaylâ*: article + noun, masculine singular - the night
*bᵉʾôr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in/with light of
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire

Word Meanings

*wayyanḥēm*: and he led them/guided them
*ʿānān*: cloud/cloud mass
*yômām*: by day/daily/daytime
*ʾôr*: light/illumination/brightness
*ʾēš*: fire/flame

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Referenced Verses

Ps 105:39 : 39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in 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 40:35-38 : 35 And 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. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 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.
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.
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.

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