כִּי֩ עֲנַ֨ן יְהוָ֤ה עַֽל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ יֹומָ֔ם וְאֵ֕שׁ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לַ֖יְלָה בֹּ֑ו לְעֵינֵ֥י כָל־בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּכָל־מַסְעֵיהֶֽם׃
For the cloud of YHWH was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Yisra’el throughout all their journeys.
Morphology
- כִּי֩ (ki) – Root: כי (k-y); Form: Conjunction; Translation: “For.”
- עֲנַ֨ן (ʿanan) – Root: ענן (ʿ-n-n); Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute; Translation: “Cloud.”
- יְהוָ֤ה (YHWH) – Root: Tetragrammaton; Form: Proper noun; Translation: “YHWH.”
- עַֽל־ (ʿal) – Root: על (ʿ-l); Form: Preposition; Translation: “Upon.”
- הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ (ha-mishkan) – Root: שכן (sh-k-n); Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute with definite article; Translation: “The tabernacle.”
- יֹומָ֔ם (yomam) – Root: יום (y-w-m); Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute; Translation: “By day.”
- וְאֵ֕שׁ (v’esh) – Root: אש (ʾ-sh); Form: Noun, feminine singular absolute with conjunction; Translation: “And fire.”
- תִּהְיֶ֥ה (tihyeh) – Root: היה (h-y-h); Form: Verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular; Translation: “Was.”
- לַ֖יְלָה (layla) – Root: ליל (l-y-l); Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute; Translation: “By night.”
- בֹּ֑ו (bo) – Root: בו (b-w); Form: Preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “In it.”
- לְעֵינֵ֥י (l’eynei) – Root: עין (ʿ-y-n); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine plural construct; Translation: “In the sight of.”
- כָל־ (kol) – Root: כל (k-l); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “All.”
- בֵּֽית־ (beit) – Root: בית (b-y-t); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “The house of.”
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (Yisra’el) – Root: ישׂראל (y-s-r-ʾ-l); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yisra’el.”
- בְּכָל־ (b’khol) – Root: כל (k-l); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “Throughout all.”
- מַסְעֵיהֶֽם (masʿeihem) – Root: מסע (m-s-ʿ); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “Their journeys.”