חֲשֵׁכָה

«חֲשֵׁכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: darkness — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 2825 · BDB: חֲשֵׁכָה

Glosses

darkness (5); darkness(es) (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

darkness tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. darkness tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. darkness (chiefly poet.)—ח׳ Gn 15:12 + 2 times, so read also prob. Mi 3:6 (for MT חָֽשְׁכָה); חֲשֵׁיכָה ψ 139:12; cstr. חֶשְׁכַּת ψ 18:12; pl. חֲשֵׁכִים Is 50:10;—darkness, opp. light (אוֹרָה) ψ 139:12; supernat., ח׳ גדולה Gn 15:12 (JE); חֶשְׁכַּת־מַיִם ψ 18:12 in theoph. (but ‖ 2 S 22:12 חַשְׁרַת־מים a mass of water); fig. = lack of understanding ψ 82:5; = distress Is 8:22 (‖ צָרָה), 50:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חֲשֵׁכָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 18:12

יָ֤שֶׁת חֹ֨שֶׁךְ ׀ סִתְר֗וֹ סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥יו סֻכָּת֑וֹ חֶשְׁכַת־מַ֝֗יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃

Word for word: he.made darkness covering his around him canopy his darkness of.waters dark.clouds of.clouds

JPS 1917: He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Psalms 82:5

לֹ֤א יָֽדְע֨וּ ׀ וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֗ינוּ בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּ כָּל־מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

Word for word: not they.know and not they.understand in darkness they.walk.about they.are.shaken all [the].foundations of.[the].earth

JPS 1917: They know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved.

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