King James Version

Exodus 40:36

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

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וּבְהֵעָל֤וֹתuvehealotand in ascend upעָלָהconjunction, preposition, verb, niphal, infinitive construct — “and in ascend up”, the to-form of the verbH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…הֶֽעָנָן֙heananthe cloudעָנָןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the cloud”, the ordinary formH6051a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloudcloud(-y).מֵעַ֣לmealfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition — “from above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ןhamishkanthe tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the tabernacle”, the ordinary formH4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.יִסְע֖וּyisvcause to blowנָסַעverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cause to blow”, an unfinished actionH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.בְּנֵ֣יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.בְּכֹ֖לbekholin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מַסְעֵיהֶֽםmaseyhemjourneyמַסַּעnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “journey”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4550a departure (from striking the tents), i.e. march (not necessarily a single day's travel); by implication, a station (or point of departure)journey(-ing).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys:

Young’s Literal Translation

And in the going up of the cloud from off the tabernacle the sons of Israel journey in all their journeys;

World English Bible

When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;

Darby Translation

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel journeyed in all their journeys.

Douay-Rheims

For the cloud of the Lord hung over the tabernacle by day, and a fire by night, in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their mansions.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel prepared to depart with their baggage.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡνίκα δʼ ἂν ἀνέβη ἡ νεφέλη ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς, ἀνεζεύγνυσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ σὺν τῇ ἀπαρτίᾳ αὐτῶν.