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Exodus 40:37

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 40:37 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Exodus 40:37 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/exodus/40/37.

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but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel until the day that it was taken up.
World English Bible · Public Domain
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel until the day that it was taken up.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    but if the cloud was not taken up, then they would not set out until the day it was taken up.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel until the day that it was taken up.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    but if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    But if the cloude ascended not, then they iourneyed not till the day that it ascended.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and if the cloud go not up then they journey not, until the day of its going up:
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and if the cloud does not go up then they do not journey, until the day of its going up.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    But if the cloud did not rise up from the tabernacle, then the people would not travel. They would stay until the day that it was lifted up.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    but if the cloud was not taken up, then they would not set out until the day it was taken up.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And if the cloud were not taken up, then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    but if the cloud wasn’t taken up, then they didn’t travel until the day that it was taken up.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    If the cloud did not rise, they wouldn't set out until it did.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    But while the cloud was there, they made no move till it was taken up.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    But if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

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9
words
7
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 2 nouns
  • 1 preposition
  • 1 conjunction
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • יֵעָלֶ֖ה Niphal · Imperfect
  • יִסְע֔וּ Qal · Imperfect
  • הֵעָלֹתֽוֹ Niphal · Infinitive Construct

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • יֵעָלֶ֖ה to go up H5927 ×2
  • לֹ֥א not H3808 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 19 words from the Hebrew and 21 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Exodus 40:37 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Numbers 9:19–22 When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't travel.
  • Psalms 31:15 My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Exodus 40:37 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאִם לֹ֥א יֵעָלֶ֖ה הֶעָנָ֑ן וְלֹ֣א יִסְע֔וּ עַד י֖וֹם הֵעָלֹתֽוֹ

but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel until the day that it was taken up.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Exodus 40:37 Septuagint · lemma form
And if the cloud went not up, they did not prepare to depart, till the day when the cloud went up.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְאִם לָא יִסְתַּלַק עֲנָנָא וְלָא נָטְלִין עַד יוֹמָא דְאִסְתַּלָקוּתֵהּ:

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    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    וְאִין לָא מִסְתַּלֵּק עֲנַן יְקָרָא וְלָא נַטְלִין עַד יוֹם אִסְתַּלְקוּתֵיהּ

    but if the Cloud of Glory went not up, they did not go forward until the day when it ascended.

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 9 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻânân (“cloud”). Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “cloud” (ʻânân) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. Numbers 9:19–22 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “to go up” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. The verb «יֵעָלֶ֖ה» is Niphal Imperfect. How does its form color the action?

Things to notice

  • These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
  • “to go up” occurs 2× in this single verse.
  • 7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 9 words in this verse.

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