BDB3218 [H2821]

חָשַׁךְ verb be, grow dark (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲשַׁךְ, ; Arabic bear rancour, see Lag^{BN 30}) —

Qal Perfect ׳ח Isa 5:30 + 4 t.; וְחָֽשְׁכָה consecutive Mic 3:6 (but see below); חָֽשְׁכוּ Lam 5:17 וְחָֽשְׁכוּ consecutive Eccl 12:3 Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּחְשַׁךְ Eccl 12:2 וַתֶּחְשַׁךְ Exod 10:15 3 masculine plural יֶחְשְׁכוּ Job 3:9 3 feminine plural תֶּחְשַׁכְנָה Ps 69:24 —

1. be, grow dark, אוֺר Isa 5:30, compare (figurative) Job 18:6 הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Isa 13:10 (figurative); היום Ezek 30:18 (where read חשׁך, for ᵑ0 Baer חשׂך); Job 3:9 (subject כוכבים), compare Eccl 12:2 (subject השׁמשׁ, האור, הירח, הכוכבים); impersonal Mic 3:6 (si vera 1.; but read probably וַחֲשֵׁכָה, corresponding with לַיְלָה preceding).

2. have a dark colour: מִשְּׁחוֺר ׳ח תָּֽאֳרָם Lam 4:8 darker than blackness is their visage; of the earth הָאֶרֶץ Exod 10:15.

3. grow dim Lam 5:17 (subject עינינו), compare Ps 69:24 (figurative), Eccl 12:3 subject הָראֹוֺת i.e. the eyes. Hiph`il Perfect הֶחְשִׁיךְ Amos 5:8, וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֫י Amos 8:9 Imperfect יַחֲשִׁיךְ Ps 139:12 יַחְשִׁךְ Jer 13:16וַיַּחְשִׁךְ Ps 105:28 Participle מַחְשִׁיךְ Job 38:2 —

1. make dark, ׳יום לילה הח Amos 5:8 absolute cause darkness Jer 13:16; Ps 105:28, compare Amos 8:9 (לארץ).

2. = hide, conceal, followed by מִמֶּךָּ Ps 139:12.

3. figurative obscure, confuse Job 38:2 (object עֵצָה).

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