Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 40:38 Interlinear

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day and fire was on it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּי֩H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2עֲנַ֨ןH6051For the clouda cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud
3יְהוָ֤הH3068of the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
4עַֽלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙H4908was upon the tabernaclea residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
6יוֹמָ֔םH3119by daydaily
7וְאֵ֕שׁH784and firefire (literally or figuratively)
8תִּֽהְיֶ֥הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
9לַ֖יְלָהH3915was on it by nightproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
10בּ֑וֹH0
11לְעֵינֵ֥יH5869in the sightan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
12כָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
13בֵּֽיתH1004of all the housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
14יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
15בְּכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16מַסְעֵיהֶֽם׃H4550throughout all their journeysa departure (from striking the tents), i.e., march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure)

Verse Context

Exodus 40:37 that it was taken up But if the cloud then they journeyed...
Exodus 40:38 (current) For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day and fire was on it by night in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys

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