עַמּוּד
ammud
ah-MOOD
pillar, column
Where it comes from
One pillar, two forms: cloud by day, fire by night. It is not two guides but the same one, showing up as whatever the hour requires. Notice that it never explains the route. It only ever goes first.
Every place it appears
Strong's H5982. It stands in 84 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →
Exodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
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