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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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צַלְמָוֶת

Strong’s: H6757

Associated OET lemmas: צַלְמָוֶת

Authors: Graham S. Ogden

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: מָוֶת · צֵל

Sense 1: deep darkness

Semantic domains: Dark (002001001018)

Core domains: Light and Darkness (100)

Definition: literally: shadow of death, only found in poetry; hence: = state in which there is a total absence of light ► resulting in a state in which no one can readily see, and colors and shapes can no longer to distinguished; loved by the wicked only; ≈ associated with hardship, ignorance, fear, death, and oblivion

Synonyms: חֹשֶׁךְ

Show passage in OET: JOB 3:5

OET-RV JOB 3:5

5 May darkness and a dark shadow claim it.
 ⇔ ≈ May a cloud remain over it.
 ⇔ May the blacknesses of the day terrify it.

OET-LV JOB 3:5

5 Let_them_reclaim_it darkness and_deep_darkness let_it_settle_down on/upon/above_him/it cloud let_them_terrify_it the_darkness(es)_of day.
Show passage in OET: JOB 10:21

OET-RV JOB 10:21

21 before I go and don’t return to the land of darkness and deep shadow—

OET-LV JOB 10:21

21 Before_before I_will_go and_not I_will_return to the_land_of darkness and_deep_darkness.

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All 17 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: OET JOB 3:5 · OET JOB 10:21–22 · OET JOB 12:22 · OET JOB 16:16 · OET JOB 24:17 · OET JOB 28:3 · OET JOB 34:22 · OET JOB 38:17

PSA: OET PSA 23:4 · OET PSA 44:19 · OET PSA 107:10 · OET PSA 107:14

ISA: OET ISA 9:2

JER: OET JER 2:6 · OET JER 13:16

AMO: OET AMO 5:8