Exodus 14:20:9Exod.14.20.W9TAB
הֶֽעָנָן֙
heanan
“the cloud”
- Transliteration
- he-a-NAN
- Extended
- heh-ah-NAAN
- IPA
- /hɛ.ʕaˈnaːn/
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-NAN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI he-a-NAN
- clause
va-ya-VO BEIN ma-kha-NEH mits-RA-yim u-VEIN ma-kha-NEH yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI he-a-NAN ve-ha-KHO-shekh va-ya-ER et-hal-LAI-la
- sentence
va-ya-VO BEIN ma-kha-NEH mits-RA-yim u-VEIN ma-kha-NEH yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI he-a-NAN ve-ha-KHO-shekh va-ya-ER et-hal-LAI-la ve-lo-ka-RAV ZEH el-ZEH kol-hal-LAI-la
Exegesis
The paired subjects he‘anan {הֶֽעָנָן | hê-‘a-nān} ‘cloud’ and vehachoshekh {וְהַחֹשֶׁךְ | vê-ḥă-ḥô-shekh} ‘darkness’ set up a contrast that is then resolved by illumination of the night (et-hallailah {אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה | ’et-ha-lai-lāh}).
Root and etymology
ʿ-n-nayin–nun–nun
“cloud”
In context — Exodus 14:20
And it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light to the night for these; and neither camp drew near the other all night.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 14:20, so the Hebrew word הֶֽעָנָן֙ (heanan) 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.14.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.20.W9.S1) and character.