BDB662 [H652]

אֹ֫פֶל noun masculine Job 3:6 darkness, gloom (only in poetry) -׳א always absolute —

1. darkness,, of night Ps 91:6 (opposed to צָֽהֳרַיִם deep in the earth,׳אֶבֶן א Job 28:3 (|| חשֶׁח צַלְמָוֶת); darkness, gloom of underworld Job 10:22 (twice in verse) (|| אֶרֶץ חשֶׁח עֵיפָפָה׳א צַלְמָוֶת); personified Job 3:6 that night — let darkness take it ׳יִקָּחֵהוּ א; figurative of spiritual darkness Isa 29:18 (|| חשֵׁח); of secrecy, treachery Ps 11:2.

2. especially figurative of calamity, Job 23:17 (|| חשׁ ך q. v.), Job 30:26 (opposed to אוֺר ).

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