נֶשֶׁף

n.m. twilight (proposes twilight-breeze, cf. לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם Gn 3:8; NH id.; 𝔗 נְשַׁף, נִשְׁפָּא);—נ׳ abs. 1 S 30:17 +, נָ֑שֶׁף Je 13:16; cstr. Is 21:4; sf. נִשְׁפּוֹ Jb 3:9;— evening twilight 2 K 7:5, 7 (cf. לַיְלָה v 12); opp. בֹּקֶר Is 5:11; time of concealment Jb 24:15 Pr 7:9 (+ עֶרֶב יוֹם, אִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה, to emphasize sin that shuns the day); of refreshing Is 21:4 (נ׳ חִשְׁקִי); of stumbling, in dim light Is 59:10 (opp. צָהֳרַיִם), so הָרֵי נָ֑שֶׁף Je 13:16 (both fig.); כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ Jb 3:9 the stars of its twilight (i.e. of night of Job’s birth).—so מֵהַנּ׳ וְעַד־הָעֶרֶב לְמָחֳרָתָם 1 S 30:17 Klo Kit HPS (read לְהַחֲרִמָם for לְמָח׳, We Kit Bu); Th, after Luth, sub 2, so Buhl Lex SS; Löhr allows either. morning twilight Jb 7:4 (opp. עֶרֶב), appar. also ψ 119:147.