Exodus 13:21
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"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:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
עָנָן
ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
נָחָה
nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
נָחָה nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Study H5148 →עָנָן ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
Study H6051 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
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.
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
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 the...
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
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 t...
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
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