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ח֫שֶׁךְ noun masculine Exod 10:21 darkness, obscurity — absolute חשֶׁךְ Gen 1:2 + 75 t. (+ Ezek 8:12 strike out Co A B etc.); construct id. Exod 10:22 suffix חָשְׁכִּי Ps 18:29 = 2Sam 22:29 —
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.
f. = evil, sin Isa 5:20 (twice in verse); Prov 2:13.
g. =
obscurity Eccl 6:4
(twice in
verse).