מַחְשָׁךְ
Used: 7 times · Key: 4285 · BDB: מַחְשָׁךְ
Glosses
dark.places (3); [is].a.dark.place (1); [the].dark.place (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
dark place tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. dark place tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. dark place (poet.)—abs. מ׳ Is 29:15; 42:16; מַחְשָׁ֑ךְ ψ 88:19; pl. מַחֲשַׁכִּים 88:7; 143:3 = La 3:6; cstr. מַחֲשַׁכֵּי ψ 74:20;—dark place: = hiding-place מח׳־ארץ 74:20. dark region, in which men may lose their way Is 42:16. = grave, or שׁאול ψ 88:19 (v. Che); of dark place of God’s wrath (like Sheʾôl) 88:7; cf. 143:3 = La 3:6. = secret place, secrecy (of plots) Is 29:15.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מַחְשָׁךְ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃ס
Word for word: in dark.places he has.caused.me.to.dwell like dead.[people] of.antiquity
JPS 1917: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃
Word for word: you have.put.me in a.pit of.lowest.parts in.[the] dark.places in.[the] depths
JPS 1917: Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
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