Numbers 16:42:11Num.16.42.W11TABWLC Numbers 17:7
הֶעָנָ֑ן
heanan
“the cloud”
- Transliteration
- he-a-NAN
- Extended
- heh-ah-NAAN
- IPA
- /heʔaˈnaːn/
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
ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN
- clause
va-ye-HI be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN va-ye-RA ke-VOD-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Kissāʾū {כִסָּהוּ | kissāʾū} ‘it covered it’ with hēʿānān {הֶעָנָן | hēʿānān} ‘the cloud’ signals pre-theophanic concealment.
In context — Numbers 16:42
And it happened, as the assembly was gathering against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting; and behold, the cloud had covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:42:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 16:42, so the Hebrew word הֶעָנָ֑ן (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 Num.16.42.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.42.W11.S1) and character.