cloud

Everyday

1. A white or grey mass in the sky made of millions of tiny water drops or ice crystals. tree →
2. A mass of smoke, dust or steam that looks like this. tree →
3. Something that makes people sad or worried: a cloud over the day. tree →
4. The cloud: computers on the internet where you store files. tree →
5. Verb: to become cloudy or unclear; cloud over (sky becomes cloudy). tree →

In the lessons

In science: the water cycle — water evaporates, water vapour cools and condenses into clouds, then falls as rain, snow or hail (precipitation); types: cumulus (fluffy), stratus (flat grey), cirrus (high wispy), cumulonimbus (storm clouds). Dark clouds often mean rain. In computing: saving to the cloud. Phrases: rain clouds, storm clouds, cloud of smoke, on cloud nine, every cloud has a silver lining, cloudy, the cloud.

Examples

• There isn't a cloud in the sky. tree →
• Dark clouds mean it might rain. tree →
• Clouds are made of tiny drops of water. tree →
• A cloud of smoke came from the bonfire. tree →
• The sky clouded over in the afternoon. tree →
• We save our work to the cloud. tree →
• She was on cloud nine after winning. tree →
• Fluffy white clouds are called cumulus clouds. tree →
• It looked like soft little woolly clouds! tree →

Note

Countable: clouds. «Cloudy» = with many clouds. Myth: clouds are not made of steam or smoke — they are tiny water drops or ice. «Every cloud has a silver lining» = something good can come from something bad.

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah the cloud is the visible sign of God's presence, which covered the mountain and the tabernacle and led Israel by day. In Job and the Psalms clouds are the weather God rules and a veil around his throne.

Interpretation. Tradition calls it the "cloud of glory" (ananei hakavod) and says it guided and sheltered Israel in the desert. The festival of Sukkot is read by some as recalling these clouds. Job's clouds are read as showing that God's ways are too wise for people to fully see.

Examples

• And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount. (Torah EXO.24.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night. (Torah NUM.9.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. (Torah EXO.40.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• Can He judge through the dark cloud? (Writings JOB.22.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who can number the clouds by wisdom? (Writings JOB.38.37, JPS 1917) tree →
• He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it. (Writings JOB.26.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: clouds. «Cloudy» = with many clouds. Myth: clouds are not made of steam or smoke — they are tiny water drops or ice. «Every cloud has a silver lining» = something good can come from something bad.