BDB3219 [H2822]
1. darkness (opposed to אוֺר ) literal Gen 1:2; Gen 1:4 (P ), Isa 45:7; Job 26:10; Eccl 2:13, compare in imprecation Job 3:4; Job 3:5 (וצלמות ׳ ח ) = לילה Gen 1:5; Gen 1:18 (P ), compare Josh 2:5 (J E ), Isa 45:19; Job 17:12; Job 24:16; Job 38:19; Ps 104:20 darkness in mines Job 28:3 of extraordinary darkness , in Egypt Exod 10:21 (twice in verse) (E ); אֲֿפֵלָה ׳ ח Exod 10:22 (E ), Ps 105:28, from pillar of cloud Exod 14:20 at Mt. Sinai Deut 4:11; Deut 5:20 of clouds of theophany 2Sam 22:12 = Ps 18:12 of darkness in death, or She'ô l, 1Sam 2:9; Job 10:21 (וצלמות ׳ אֶרֶץ ח ), Job 17:13; Job 18:18; Ps 88:13; Prov 20:20 (׳ אִישׁוֺן ח = extreme of darkness ).
2. = secret place(s) Isa 45:3; Job 12:22 (|| צלמות ); = hiding-place Job 34:22 (|| id. ), compare Ps 139:11; Ps 139:12 — on Ezek 8:12, see above
3. figurative,
\ \ a. = distress Isa 5:30; Isa 9:1; Isa 29:18 (figurative of blindness), Isa 42:7; Isa 49:9; Isa 58:10; Isa 59:9; Isa 60:2; Lam 3:2; Mic 7:8; Ps 18:29 = 2Sam 22:29; Job 15:22; Job 15:23; Job 15:30; Job 20:26; Job 22:11; Job 23:17; Job 29:3; Ps 107:10; Ps 107:14 (in both ||צלמות ), Ps 112:4; Eccl 5:16; Eccl 11:8.
\ \ b. = dread, terror, symbolic of judgment Amos 5:18; Amos 5:20; Zeph 1:15; Nah 1:8; Ezek 32:8; Joel 2:4; Joel 3:4.
\ \ c. = mourning Isa 47:5.
\ \ d. = perplexity Job 5:14; Job 12:25; Job 19:8 confusion Ps 35:6.
\ \ e. = ignorance Job 37:19; Eccl 2:14. feminine = evil, sin Isa 5:20 (twice in verse); Prov 2:13.
\ \ g. = obscurity Eccl 6:4 (twice in verse).
\ \ a. = distress Isa 5:30; Isa 9:1; Isa 29:18 (figurative of blindness), Isa 42:7; Isa 49:9; Isa 58:10; Isa 59:9; Isa 60:2; Lam 3:2; Mic 7:8; Ps 18:29 = 2Sam 22:29; Job 15:22; Job 15:23; Job 15:30; Job 20:26; Job 22:11; Job 23:17; Job 29:3; Ps 107:10; Ps 107:14 (in both ||
\ \ b. = dread, terror, symbolic of judgment Amos 5:18; Amos 5:20; Zeph 1:15; Nah 1:8; Ezek 32:8; Joel 2:4; Joel 3:4.
\ \ c. = mourning Isa 47:5.
\ \ d. = perplexity Job 5:14; Job 12:25; Job 19:8 confusion Ps 35:6.
\ \ e. = ignorance Job 37:19; Eccl 2:14. feminine = evil, sin Isa 5:20 (twice in verse); Prov 2:13.
\ \ g. = obscurity Eccl 6:4 (twice in verse).
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