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In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. (KJV)
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וַיַּנְחֵ֣םvai.yan.Chemand he guided them
Lemma: נָחָה (na.chah) · Strong's: H5148
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
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 Psalms 78:14 word 1
בֶּעָנָ֣ןbe.'a.Nanby the cloud
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 Psalms 78:14 word 2
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 Psalms 78:14 word 3
וְכָל\־ve.kholand all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Psalms 78:14 word 4
הַ֝לַּ֗יְלָהha.Lay.lahthe night
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 Psalms 78:14 word 5
בְּא֣וֹרbe.'orby [the] light of
Lemma: אוֹר (or) · Strong's: H0216
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: light
Used 121 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:23, Judges 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0216; TAHOT Psalms 78:14 word 6
אֵֽשׁ\׃'Esha fire
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 Psalms 78:14 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He led them | → | נָחָה H5148 to lead |
| with a cloud | → | עָנָן H6051 cloud |
| by day | → | יוֹמָם H3119 by day |
| and with a light | → | אוֹר H0216 light |
| of fire | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| night | → | לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night |
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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