Lexical Summary anan: a cloud mass, cloud Original Word: עָנָןTransliteration: anan Phonetic Spelling: (aw-nawn') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a cloud mass, cloud Meaning: a cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud Strong's Concordance cloudy From anan; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud -- cloud(-y). see HEBREW anan Brown-Driver-Briggs H6051. anan I. עָנָן87 noun masculineExodus 19:16 cloud-mass, cloud; — ׳(הֶ)ע absolute 19:9 +; construct עֲנַזִ Hosea 6:4 +; suffix עֲנָֽנְךָ Numbers 14:14, עֲנָנוֺ Job 26:9; 37:15; plural עֲנִים Jeremiah 4:13; — 1 cloud-mass: a. especially of theophanic cloud (58 t.), chiefly at Exodus in J E (less often P), usually הֶע ׳עַמּוּד Exodus 13:21-22, + (see עַמּוּד), but also ׳ע alone 34:5; compare 14:20 (J), Numbers 10:34; 11:35; 14:14 (all J E); ׳עַבהֶֿע Exodus 19:9, ׳ע כָּבֵד 19:16 (E); ׳ע in P 16:10; 24:15 23t.; also Deuteronomy 1:33; 4:11; 5:19; Psalm 78:14; 105:39; in temple 1 Kings 8:10-11, 2 Chronicles 5:13-14, compare Ezekiel 1:4; 10:3-4, hence in General Psalm 97:2, as symbol of protection Isaiah 4:5; as a barrier Lamentations 3:44; compare ׳וע רַגְלָיו אֲבַק Nahum 1:3. b. of rain-bow cloud Genesis 9:13-14, (twice in verse); 9:16 (P), Ezekiel 1:28 (simile). c. עֲנַןבֹּֿקֶר Hosea 6:4; 13:3 (simile of transitoriness; on phenomenon in Palestine see ChaplinPEQ, 1883, 19), compare Isaiah 44:22; Job 7:9 (both id.); simile of invasion Ezekiel 38:9, 16, plural Jeremiah 4:13. d. poetic in various connection Job 26:8-9, 38:9; with אוֺר as thunder-cloud 37:11, 15. e. symbolic of gloom Ezekiel 30:18; 32:7; ע ׳יוֺם וַעֲרָפֶל Zephaniah 1:15; Ezekiel 34:12; Joel 2:2, compare Ezekiel 30:3 (all of day of ׳ע). 2 ׳ע קְטֹרֶת Leviticus 16:13 (P) cloud of incense, so Ezekiel 8:11 (strike out ᵐ5 ׳ע Co Berthol, not Toy). |
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