Nehemiah 9:12 Go deeper
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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. (KJV)
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וּבְעַמּ֣וּדu.ve.'a.Mudand in a pillar of
Lemma: עַמּוּד (am.mud) · Strong's: H5982G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: pillar
Used 109 times. Also: Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:24, Exodus 26:32, Exodus 26:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5982G; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 1
עָנָ֔ן'a.Nancloud
Lemma: עָנָן (a.nan) · Strong's: H6051
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cloud
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 14:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6051; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 2
הִנְחִיתָ֖םhin.chi.Tamyou led them
Lemma: נָחָה (na.chah) · Strong's: H5148
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhp2ms)
Meaning: to lead
Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:48, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 32:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5148; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 3
יוֹמָ֑םyo.Mamby day
Lemma: יוֹמָם (yo.mam) · Strong's: H3119
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: by day
Used 50 times. Also: Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 40:38, Leviticus 8:35, Numbers 9:21, Numbers 10:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3119; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 4
וּבְעַמּ֥וּדu.ve.'a.Mudand in a pillar of
Lemma: עַמּוּד (am.mud) · Strong's: H5982G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: pillar
Used 109 times. Also: Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:24, Exodus 26:32, Exodus 26:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5982G; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 5
אֵשׁ֙'eshfire
Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: fire
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 6
לַ֔יְלָהLay.lahnight
Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: night
Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 7
לְהָאִ֣ירle.ha.'Irto light up
Lemma: אוֹר (or) · Strong's: H0215
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to light
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 44:3, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 14:20, Exodus 25:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0215; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 8
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 9
הַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhthe way
Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: way: road
Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 33:16, Genesis 35:19, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1870K; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 10
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 11
יֵֽלְכוּ\־ye.le.khu-they walked
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:12 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You led them | → | נָחָה H5148 to lead |
| with a pillar | → | עַמּוּד H5982G pillar |
| of cloud | → | עָנָן H6051 cloud |
| by day | → | יוֹמָם H3119 by day |
| and a pillar | → | עַמּוּד H5982G pillar |
| of fire | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
| by night | → | לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night |
| to light | → | אוֹר H0215 to light |
| for them | → | |
| the way | → | דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870K way: road |
| in which | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| they should travel | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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