Brown-Driver-Briggs
I.
עָנָן87 noun masculineExodus 19:16 cloud-mass, cloud; —
׳(הֶ)ע absolute
Exodus 19:9 +; construct
עֲנַזִ Hosea 6:4 +; suffix
עֲנָֽנְךָ Numbers 14:14,
עֲנָנוֺ Job 26:9;
Job 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 ׳עַמּוּד הֶע Exodus 13:21,22 + (see עַמּוּד), but also ׳ע alone Exodus 34:5; compare Exodus 14:20 (J), Numbers 10:34; Numbers 11:35; Numbers 14:14 (all J E); ׳עַבהֶֿע Exodus 19:9, כָּבֵד ׳ע Exodus 19:16 (E); ׳ע in P Exodus 16:10; Exodus 24:15 23t.; also Deuteronomy 1:33; Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:19; Psalm 78:14; Psalm 105:39; in temple 1 Kings 8:10,11 2Chronicles 5:13,14, compare Ezekiel 1:4; Ezekiel 10:3,4; hence in General Psalm 97:2, as symbol of protection Isaiah 4:5; as a barrier Lamentations 3:44; compare אֲבַק רַגְלָיו ׳וע Nahum 1:3.
b. of rain-bow cloud Genesis 9:13,14 (twice in verse); Genesis 9:16 (P), Ezekiel 1:28 (simile).
c. עֲנַןבֹּֿקֶר Hosea 6:4; Hosea 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; Job 38:9; with אוֺר as thunder-cloud Job 37:11,15.
e. symbolic of gloom Ezekiel 30:18; Ezekiel 32:7; וַעֲרָפֶל ׳יוֺם ע Zephaniah 1:15; Ezekiel 34:12; Joel 2:2, compare Ezekiel 30:3 (all of day of ׳ע).
2 קְטֹרֶת ׳ע Leviticus 16:13 (P) cloud of incense, so Ezekiel 8:11 (strike out ׳ע ᵐ5 Co Berthol, not Toy).
