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OSHB Job 23:17 אֹפֶל (ʼofel) Strongs=652 Lemma=‘אֹפֶל’
contextual word gloss=‘gloom’ word gloss=‘thick_darkness’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1520 TimeSeries=Job's_Trial

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Other uses (5) of identical word form אֹפֶל (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֹפֶל’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘gloom’.

JOB 3:6 contextual word gloss=‘gloom’ word gloss=‘darkness’ OSHB JOB 3:6 word 4

OET-LV: 6 The_night (the)_that let_it _take _it gloom not let _it _rejoice among_the_days _of the_year in_the_number _of the_months not let _it _come. (JOB_3:6)

OET-RV: 6 May gloom take that night.
⇔ May it not be happy among the days of the year.
⇔ May it not enter into the number of months. (JOB 3:6)

JOB 10:22 contextual word gloss=‘gloom’ word gloss=‘darkness’ OSHB JOB 10:22 word 10

OET-LV: 22 the_land _of darkness_of like gloom _of deep _darkness and_not order(s) and_where_it _shone _forth like gloom. (JOB_10:22)

OET-RV: 22 the land of gloom and deep darkness,
⇔ disorderly and with gloomy light. (JOB 10:22)

JOB 28:3 contextual word gloss=‘gloom’ word gloss=‘gloom’ OSHB JOB 28:3 word 9

OET-LV: 3 An _end someone _puts to_darkness and_to/for_all end he is_searching _for the_stone _of gloom and_deep _darkness. (JOB_28:3)

OET-RV: 3 People have ways to end the darkness.
⇔ They search the furthest places
⇔ for the stone of gloom and deep darkness. ??? (JOB 28:3)

JOB 30:26 contextual word gloss=‘gloom’ word gloss=‘darkness’ OSHB JOB 30:26 word 9

OET-LV: 26 If/because good I _waited _for and_it _came evil and_I _waited for_light and_it _came gloom. (JOB_30:26)

OET-RV: 26 I waited for good, but it was evil that came.
⇔ ≈ I waited for light, but it was gloom that came. (JOB 30:26)

PSA 11:2 contextual word gloss=‘gloom’ word gloss=‘shadows’ OSHB PSA 11:2 word 12

OET-LV: 2 If/because there the_wicked they_bend a _bow they _have _prepared arrow _of_their on the_bowstring to_shoot in gloom to_people_upright _of heart. (PSA_11:2)

OET-RV: 2 Because, look, wicked people are getting their bows ready.
⇔ They’ve got their arrows lined up on the strings
⇔ to shoot at the godly people in the darkness. (PSA 11:2)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘אֹפֶל’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘gloom’, ‘gloom_of’.

Hebrew words (10) other than אֹפֶל (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘gloom’

EXO 10:22 אֲפֵלָה (ʼₐfēlāh) Lemma=‘אֲפֵלָה’ contextual word gloss=‘gloom’ word gloss=‘thick’ OSHB EXO 10:22 word 9

OET-LV: 22 And_ Mosheh _he _stretched _out DOM his/its_hand to the_heavens and_he/it _was darkness _of gloom in_all the _land _of Miʦrayim three _of days. (EXO_10:22)

OET-RV: 22 So Mosheh stretched his hand out towards the sky, and a thick darkness was in all Egypt for three days. (EXO 10:22)

JOB 10:22 אֹפֶל (ʼofel) Lemma=‘אֹפֶל’ contextual word gloss=‘gloom_of’ word gloss=‘darkness_of’ OSHB JOB 10:22 word 4

OET-LV: 22 the_land _of darkness_of like gloom _of deep _darkness and_not order(s) and_where_it _shone _forth like gloom. (JOB_10:22)

OET-RV: 22 the land of gloom and deep darkness,
⇔ disorderly and with gloomy light. (JOB 10:22)

PSA 91:6 בָּאֹפֶל (bāʼofel) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘אֹפֶל’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘[which]_in, gloom’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, darkness’ OSHB PSA 91:6 word 2

OET-LV: 6 From_a _plague which_in_gloom it _will _walk from_destruction which_it _will _devastate noon(s). (PSA_91:6)

OET-RV: 6 You won’t be afraid of the forces that roam around in the darkness,
⇔ ≈ or of the destruction that causes devastation at noon time. (PSA 91:6)

ISA 8:22 מְעוּף (məˊūf) Lemma=‘מָעוּף’ contextual word gloss=‘gloom_of’ word gloss=‘gloom_of’ OSHB ISA 8:22 word 7

OET-LV: 22 And_near/to the_earth it _will _look and_see/lo/see trouble and_darkness gloom _of distress and_darkness it_is_thrust _out. (ISA_8:22)

OET-RV: 22 They’ll look back to the ground, and wow, only see trouble and darkness—gloom, distress, and thick darkness thrusting out at them. (ISA 8:22)

ISA 8:23 מוּעָף (mūˊāf) Lemma=‘מוּעָף’ contextual word gloss=‘gloom’ word gloss=‘gloom’ OSHB ISA 8:23 word 3

OET-LV: 23  if/because not gloom will_belong_to_that_which distress to/for_her/it like_time (the)_former he _treated _with _contempt towards_land of _Zəⱱūlūn and _(to)_the _of_land of _Naftālī and_the _latter_time he _will _honour the _way _of the_sea the _other _side _of the _Yardēn/(Jordan) Gālīl the_nations. (ISA_8:23)

ISA 29:18 וּמֵאֹפֶל (ūmēʼofel) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘מִן’, ‘אֹפֶל’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, from, gloom’ morpheme glosses=‘and, out_of, gloom’ OSHB ISA 29:18 word 7

OET-LV: 18 And_they _will _hear in_day (the)_that the _deaf_people the_words/messages _of a _scroll and_from_gloom and_from_darkness the_eyes _of blind_people they _will _see. (ISA_29:18)

OET-RV: 18 ◙ (ISA 29:18)

ISA 58:10 וַאֲפֵלָתְךָ (vaʼₐfēlātəkā) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘אֲפֵלָה’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, your_of, gloom’ morpheme glosses=‘and, gloom_of, your’ OSHB ISA 58:10 word 10

OET-LV: 10 And_you _will _offer to_person self _of_your and_a _person _of afflicted you _will _satisfy and_it _will _rise in_darkness light _of_your and_your _of_gloom will_like _the _noon(s). (ISA_58:10)

OET-RV: 10 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 58:10)

ISA 59:9 בָּאֲפֵלוֹת (bāʼₐfēlōt) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘אֲפֵלָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘in, gloom(s)’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, gloom’ OSHB ISA 59:9 word 14

OET-LV: 9 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so justice it _is _far from_him/it and_not it_reaches _us righteousness we _wait _eagerly to _the_light and_see/lo/see darkness for_gleams _of _light in_gloom(s) we _walk. (ISA_59:9)

OET-RV: 9 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 59:9)

JOEL 2:2 וַאֲפֵלָה (vaʼₐfēlāh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘אֲפֵלָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, gloom’ morpheme glosses=‘and, gloom’ OSHB JOEL 2:2 word 3

OET-LV: 2 A _day _of darkness and_gloom a _day _of cloud and_thick _darkness like_dawn spread _out over the_mountains a _people numerous and_mighty like_it not it _has _occurred since (the)_antiquity and_after_it not it _will _repeat until years _of a _generation and_a _generation. (JOL_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 It’ll be a day of darkness and gloom—
⇔ a day of clouds and thick darkness
⇔ like the dawn being spread out on the mountains.
⇔ There hasn’t been a great and mighty army like that since the beginning of time,
⇔ and after it there won’t be again for many generations. (JOL 2:2)

ZEP 1:15 וַאֲפֵלָה (vaʼₐfēlāh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘אֲפֵלָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, gloom’ morpheme glosses=‘and, gloom’ OSHB ZEP 1:15 word 13

OET-LV: 15 will _be_a _day _of fury the_day (the)_that a _day _of distress and_trouble a _day _of devastation and_desolation a _day _of darkness and_gloom a _day _of cloud and_thick _darkness. (ZEP_1:15)

OET-RV: 15 That day will be a day of anger,
⇔ a day of distress and anguish,
⇔ a day of destruction and desolation,
⇔ a day of darkness and gloom,
⇔ a day of cloud and thick darkness, (ZEP 1:15)