Exodus 13:22:3Exod.13.22.W3TAB
הֶֽעָנָן֙
heanaan
“the cloud”
- Transliteration
- he-a-NAAN
- Extended
- heh-ah-NAAN
- IPA
- /hɛ.ʕa.ˈnaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the cloud
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
he-a-NAAN
- phraseyour reading level
a-MOOD he-a-NAAN
- clause
loh-ya-MISH a-MOOD he-a-NAAN yo-MAM ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH LAI-la
- sentence
loh-ya-MISH a-MOOD he-a-NAAN yo-MAM ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH LAI-la lif-NEI ha-AM
Exegesis
The construct phrase amud he-anan {עַמּוּד הֶעָנָן | ʿam-mûd he-ʾā-nān} ‘pillar of cloud’ and its parallel we-amud ha-esh {וְעַמּוּד הָאֵשׁ | wə-ʿam-mûd hā-ʾēš} ‘and pillar of fire’ form synonymous parallelism.
Root and etymology
ע־נ־ן
“cloud cover”
In context — Exodus 13:22
The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 13:22, so the Hebrew word הֶֽעָנָן֙ (heanaan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.13.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.22.W3.S1) and character.