a.nan denotes a visible cloud, especially one that leads, covers, or accompanies divine appearance, and also clouds in weather and imagery.

The noun most often names a visible cloud in scenes of guidance, covering, and divine appearance, including the pillar by day and the cloud at the tent or house. It also denotes atmospheric clouds associated with rain, darkness, and the bow, and is used in comparisons for a spreading force, concealment, or something fleeting.

1. Cloud in guidance and divine appearance · dominant

   The singular absolute form occurs with a pillar that leads the people by day in Exodus 13:21 and moves before and behind the camp in Exodus 14:19. In Exodus 40:34 the APB renders the clause "The cloud covered the tent of meeting," while in 1 Kings 8:10 it renders that the cloud filled the house of the LORD.

   Exodus 13:21Exodus 14:19Exodus 24:16Exodus 40:34Deuteronomy 31:151 Kings 8:10
2. Atmospheric cloud and weather scene · common

   The singular noun appears in scenes involving the bow and a cloud over the land in Genesis 9:14, water bound in clouds in Job 26:8, and a bow seen in a cloud on a rainy day in Ezekiel 1:28. These clauses present the term as part of the visible sky and weather.

   Genesis 9:14Genesis 9:16Job 26:8Job 37:11Ezekiel 1:28Ezekiel 32:7
3. Cloud imagery for covering or transience · occasional

   In Ezekiel 38:9 the APB renders an advance "like a cloud to cover the land," using the noun in a comparison of spreading coverage. Hosea 6:4 compares kindness to a morning cloud that departs, while Isaiah 44:22 compares the blotting out of transgressions to a cloud.

   Ezekiel 38:9Ezekiel 38:16Hosea 6:4Hosea 13:3Isaiah 44:22Jeremiah 4:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the noun as "cloud," including a "pillar of cloud," a cloud that covers or fills, and a cloud associated with rain or darkness. It uses plural "clouds" in Jeremiah 4:13; These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than every individual correspondence.