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

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Result
הֶֽ + עָ + נָן֙
he + a + naan
heanaan

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    he-a-NAAN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-MOOD he-a-NAAN

  3. clause

    loh-ya-MISH a-MOOD he-a-NAAN yo-MAM ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH LAI-la

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.