Exodus 13:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:”

Exodus 13:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 13:2116 words

וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD

הֹלֵךְhōlēḵəWalk

לִפְנֵיהֶםlip̄ənêhemTo face

יוֹמָםywōmāmDaily

בְּעַמּוּדbəʿamûdIn column

עָנָןʿānānCloud

לַנְחֹתָםlanəḥōtāmTo guide

הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road

וְלַיְלָהwəlayəlāhAnd twist

בְּעַמּוּדbəʿamûdIn column

אֵשׁʾēšFire

לְהָאִירləhāʾîrTo be

לָהֶםlāhemTo

לָלֶכֶתlāleḵetTo walk

יוֹמָםywōmāmDaily

וָלָיְלָהwālāyəlāhAnd twist

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD

הֹלֵךְhōlēḵəWalk

לִפְנֵיהֶםlip̄ənêhemTo face

יוֹמָםywōmāmDaily

בְּעַמּוּדbəʿamûdIn column

עָנָןʿānānCloud

לַנְחֹתָםlanəḥōtāmTo guide

הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road

וְלַיְלָהwəlayəlāhAnd twist

בְּעַמּוּדbəʿamûdIn column

אֵשׁʾēšFire

לְהָאִירləhāʾîrTo be

לָהֶםlāhemTo

לָלֶכֶתlāleḵetTo walk

יוֹמָםywōmāmDaily

וָלָיְלָהwālāyəlāhAnd twist

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