מַחְשָׁךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4285

dark place — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

dark place tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחְשָׁךְ: n.m. dark place tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. dark place (poet.)—abs. מ׳ Is 29:15; 42:16; מַחְשָׁ֑ךְ ψ 88:19; pl. מַחֲשַׁכִּים 88:7; 143:3 = La 3:6; cstr. מַחֲשַׁכֵּי ψ 74:20;—dark place: = hiding-place מח׳־ארץ 74:20. dark region, in which men may lose their way Is 42:16. = grave, or שׁאול ψ 88:19 (v. Che); of dark place of God’s wrath (like Sheʾôl) 88:7; cf. 143:3 = La 3:6. = secret place, secrecy (of plots) Is 29:15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: dark places (3); [is] a dark place (1); [the] dark place (1).

In the verses

Lamentations 3:6 · tree →

בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃ס

Word for word: in dark.places he has.caused.me.to.dwell like dead.[people] of.antiquity

JPS 1917: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

Psalms 88:7 · tree →

שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃

Word for word: you have.put.me in a.pit of.lowest.parts in.[the] dark.places in.[the] depths

JPS 1917: Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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