Exodus 40:38
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָנָן
ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
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
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
מַסַּע
maççaʻ
a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַסַּע maççaʻ
a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure)
Study H4550 →עָנָן ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
Study H6051 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →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 associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
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...
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:
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
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