Leviticus 16:2:19Lev.16.2.W19TAB

בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן

beanaan

in the cloud

Transliteration
be-a-NAAN
Extended
beh-ah-NAAN
IPA
/bɛ.ʕaˈnaːn/

Meaning by language

English
in the cloud

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Result
בֶּֽ + עָ + נָ֔ן
be + a + naan
beanaan

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
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

    be-a-NAAN

  2. clause

    el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-a-RON ve-LO ya-MUT ki be-a-NAAN e-ra-EH al-ha-ka-PO-ret

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE da-BER el-a-ha-RON a-KHEE-kha ve-AL-ya-VO be-khol-ET el-ha-KO-desh mi-BEET la-pa-RO-khet el-pe-NEE ha-ka-PO-ret a-SHER al-ha-a-RON ve-LO ya-MUT ki be-a-NAAN e-ra-EH al-ha-ka-PO-ret

Exegesis

The purpose clause kî yāmūt {כִּי יָמוּת֔ | kî yāmūt} links death to the cloud theophany, and the clause bəʿānān ʾêrāʾeh {בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן אֵרָאֶ֖ה | bəʿānān ʾêrāʾeh} ‘in a cloud I will appear’ highlights the cloud as the divine presence, thereby justifying the lethal warning.

Root and etymology

ʿ-n-nayin–nun–nun

cloud

In contextLeviticus 16:2

And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain, before the atonement cover that is on the ark, so that he will not die; for I will appear in the cloud upon the atonement cover.”

About this coordinate

Leviticus 16:2:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Leviticus 16:2, so the Hebrew word בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן (beanaan) 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 Lev.16.2.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.2.W19.S1) and character.