עֲלָטָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5939

thick darkness — used 4 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

thick darkness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲלָטָה: n.f. (* tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. thick darkness (*NH עֲלָטָה (rare); according to BaES 5 transp. from Arabic غَطَلَ [be cloudy]; غَيْطَلَةٌ darkness);—abs. ע׳, attending sunset Gn 15:17 (c. vb. masc.; AlbrZAW xv (1895). 325 KöSynt. § 350 e read הָֽיְתָה); בַּע׳ Ez 12:7 (‖ בָּעֶרֶב), v 6, 12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: darkness (4).

In the verses

Genesis 15:17 · tree →

וַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ בָּ֔אָה וַעֲלָטָ֖ה הָיָ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה תַנּ֤וּר עָשָׁן֙ וְלַפִּ֣יד אֵ֔שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֔ר בֵּ֖ין הַגְּזָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

Word for word: and it.was the sun it.had.gone and darkness it.was and there! a.fire.pot of.smoke and a.torch of.fire which it.passed between the pieces (the) these

JPS 1917: And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

Ezekiel 12:6 · tree →

לְעֵ֨ינֵיהֶ֜ם עַל־כָּתֵ֤ף תִּשָּׂא֙ בָּעֲלָטָ֣ה תוֹצִ֔יא פָּנֶ֣יךָ תְכַסֶּ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תִרְאֶ֖ה אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־מוֹפֵ֥ת נְתַתִּ֖יךָ לְבֵ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Word for word: to eyes their on a.shoulder you.will.lift.[it].up in the darkness you.will.bring.[it].out face your you.will.cover and not you.will.see (et) the ground (dm) a.sign I have.made.you to the.house of.Israel

JPS 1917: In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulder, and carry it forth in the darkness; thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground; for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.'

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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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