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title: עָנָן — cloud-mass · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָנָן (6051), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 87 times: cloud-mass. BDB 1906: n.m. cloud-mass, cloud. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָנָן

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«עָנָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cloud-mass** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 87 times · **Key:** 6051 · **BDB:** עָנָן

### Glosses

cloud (50); a.cloud (9); of.cloud (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cloud-mass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6051/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cloud-mass, cloud [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6051/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 19:16 cloud-mass, cloud;—(הֶ)ע׳ abs. Ex 19:9 +; cstr. עֲנַזִ Ho 6:4 +; sf. עֲנָֽנְךָ Nu 14:14, עֲנָנוֹ Jb 26:9; 37:15; pl. עֲנָנִים Je 4:13;— cloud-mass: especially of theophanic cloud (58 times), chiefly at Exodus in JE (less often P), usually עַמּוּד הֶע׳ Ex 13:21, 22 + (v. עַמּוּד), but also ע׳ alone Ex 34:5 cf. 14:20 (J), Nu 10:34; 11:25; 14:14 (all JE); עַב־הֶע׳ Ex 19:9, ע׳ כָּבֵד v 16 (E); ע׳ in P Ex 16:10; 24:15 + 23 times; also Dt 1:33; 4:11; 5:19, ψ 78:14; 105:39; in temple 1 K 8:10, 11 = 2 Ch 5:13, 14, cf. Ez 1:4; 10:3, 4; hence in gen. ψ 97:2, as symbol of protection Is 4:5; as a barrier La 3:44; cf. וע׳ אֲבַק רַגְלָיו Na 1:3. of rain-bow cloud Gn 9:13, 14(×2), 16 (P), Ez 1:28 (sim.). עֲנַן־בֹּקֶר Ho 6:4; 13:3 (sim. of transitoriness; on phenom. in Pal. v. ChaplinPEQ, 1883, 19), cf. Is 44:22; Jb 7:9 (both id.); sim. of invasion Ez 38:9, 16, pl. Je 4:13. poet. in various connex. Jb 26:8, 9; 38:9; c. אוֹר as thunder-cloud 37:11, 15; symbol. of gloom Ez 30:18; 32:7; יוֹם ע׳ וַעֲרָפֶל Zp 1:15; Ez 34:12; Jo 2:2, cf. Ez 30:3 (all of day of י׳). ע׳ קְטֹרֶת Lv 16:13 (P) cloud of incense, so Ez 8:11 (del. ע׳ 𝔊 Co Berthol, not Toy).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 50 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָנָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6051/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 26:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.9/)

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מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].covering \[the\].surface of.\[the\].throne he.spreads over it cloud his

*JPS 1917:* He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.

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[Job 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.9/)

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כָּלָ֣ה עָ֭נָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ כֵּ֥ן יוֹרֵ֥ד שְׁ֝א֗וֹל לֹ֣א יַעֲלֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.vanishes a.cloud and it.has.gone thus \[one.who\].goes.down Sheol not he.comes.up

*JPS 1917:* As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

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