Psalm 105:39
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָנָן
ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
מִכְסֶה
mikçeh
a covering, i.e. weatherboarding
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.)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
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 →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.
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 defen...
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
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...
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,
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