Numbers
Numbers 9:21
21Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sometimes | וְיֵ֞שׁ | wə·yêš | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H3426 being, substance, existence |
| the cloud | הֶֽעָנָן֙ | he·‘ā·nān | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6051 cloud-mass, cloud |
| remained | יִהְיֶ֤ה | yih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| only from evening | מֵעֶ֣רֶב | mê·‘e·reḇ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H6153 (sun)set, evening |
| until | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| morning | בֹּ֔קֶר | bō·qer | Noun - masculine singular | H1242 morning |
| and when | הֶֽעָנָ֛ן | he·‘ā·nān | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6051 cloud-mass, cloud |
| lifted | וְנַעֲלָ֧ה | wə·na·‘ă·lāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| in the morning | בַּבֹּ֖קֶר | bab·bō·qer | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1242 morning |
| they would set out | וְנָסָ֑עוּ | wə·nā·sā·‘ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H5265 pull out or up, set out, journey |
| Whether | א֚וֹ | ’ōw | Conjunction | H176 or |
| by day | יוֹמָ֣ם | yō·w·mām | Adverb | H3119 daytime, by day |
| or by night | וָלַ֔יְלָה | wā·lay·lāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H3915 twist, night, adversity |
| when the cloud | הֶעָנָ֖ן | he·‘ā·nān | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6051 cloud-mass, cloud |
| was taken up | וְנַעֲלָ֥ה | wə·na·‘ă·lāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| they would set out | וְנָסָֽעוּ׃ | wə·nā·sā·‘ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H5265 pull out or up, set out, journey |
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