| “And it was,” | וְיֵ֞שׁ | There is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection) | And it was |
| “so” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “when” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | when |
| “the cloud” | הֶֽעָנָן֙ | A cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud | cloud |
| “abode” | יִֽהְיֶ֤ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | abode |
| “from even” | מֵעֶ֣רֶב | Dusk | even |
| “unto” | עַד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | unto |
| “the morning,” | בֹּ֔קֶר | Properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning | morning |
| “and the cloud” | הֶֽעָנָ֛ן | A cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud | cloud |
| “that” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “was taken up” | וְנַֽעֲלָ֧ה | To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative | taken up |
| “in the morning,” | בַּבֹּ֖קֶר | Properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning | morning |
| “then they journeyed:” | וְנָסָ֑עוּ | Properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey | then journeyed |
| “whether” | א֚וֹ | Desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if | whether |
| “it was” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “by day” | יוֹמָ֣ם | Daily | day |
| “or by night” | וָלַ֔יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “that the cloud” | הֶֽעָנָ֖ן | A cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud | cloud |
| “was taken up,” | וְנַֽעֲלָ֥ה | To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative | taken up |
| “they journeyed.” | וְנָסָֽעוּ׃ | Properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey | journeyed |