עֵיפָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5890

darkness — used 2 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

darkness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֵיפָה: n.f. darkness tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. darkness;—עֹשֵׂה שַׁחַר עֵיפָה Am 4:13; אֶרֶץ עֵפָ֫תָה Jb 10:22 (Ges§ 90 g; ‖ צַלְמָוֶת).

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

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: darkness (2).

In the verses

Job 10:22 · tree →

אֶ֤רֶץ עֵיפָ֨תָה ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים וַתֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃פ

Word for word: [the].land darkness of like gloom of.deep.darkness and not order(s) and.[where] it.shone.forth like gloom

JPS 1917: A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Amos 4:13 · tree →

כִּ֡י הִנֵּה֩ יוֹצֵ֨ר הָרִ֜ים וּבֹרֵ֣א ר֗וּחַ וּמַגִּ֤יד לְאָדָם֙ מַה־שֵּׂח֔וֹ עֹשֵׂ֥ה שַׁ֙חַר֙ עֵיפָ֔ה וְדֹרֵ֖ךְ עַל־בָּ֣מֳתֵי אָ֑רֶץ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃ס

Word for word: (dm) here! [one.who].formed mountains and [one.who].created wind and [one.who].tells to humankind what? thought [is].his [one.who].makes (of).dawn darkness and [one.who].treads on [the].high.places of.[the].earth [is].Yahweh God of.hosts name his

JPS 1917: For, lo, He that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth; the LORD, the God of hosts, is His name.

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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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