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צַלְמָ֫וֶת noun [masculine] death-shadow, deep shadow, in poetry (probably = צֵל + מָוֶת, ᵐ5 . (usually) σκιὰ θανάτου, compare ᵑ6 ᵑ9 , so Thes SchwLeben n. d. Tode, 194, see especially NöZAW xvii (1897), 183 ff.; Ew Br and most modern (after older commentaries) read צַלְמוּת darkness, deep darkness, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 4541] IV, Assyrian [ ƒalâmu ], Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4542] be black, dark);
compare
[untranscribed source text 4543]
darkness; WeKl. Proph. ed. 3, 81 would read feminine plural צְלָמוֺת
, like
[untranscribed source text 4544] Qor 2:16; 2:18; and frequently. — death-shadow, often || חשֶׁךְ
, לַיְלָה etc., and opposed to בֹּקֶר, אוֺר.
1. = deep shadow, darkness (compare הַרְרֵי אֵל,
אַרְזֵי אֵל):
Amos 5:8; Job 3:5
; Job 12:22
; Job 24:17
a Job 28:3;
Job 34:22 of
eyes heavy with weeping Job 16:16
׳
בַּלְהוֺת צ
Job 24:17b
terrors of the darkness.
2.
figurative
a. of distress Jer 13:16; Ps 107:10; Ps 107:14
׳
אֶרֶץ צ
Isa 9:1.
b. of extreme danger Jer 2:6; Ps 23:4; Ps 44:20.
3. characterizing world of the dead, ׳
אֶרֶץ חשֶׁךְ וצ
Job 10:21,
׳
כְּמוֺ אֹפֶל צ Job 10:22 (text dubious, see Bu
Du); ׳
וְשַׁעֲרֵי צ
Job 38:17
(
ᵐ5
πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου; || שַׁעֲרֵימָֿ֑וֶת).