נֶשֶׁף
Used: 12 times · Key: 5399 · BDB: נֶ֫שֶׁף
Glosses
twilight (9); its.twilight (1); of.twilight (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
twilight tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. twilight tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. twilight (proposes twilight-breeze, cf. לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם Gn 3:8; NH id.; 𝔗 נְשַׁף, נִשְׁפָּא);—נ׳ abs. 1 S 30:17 +, נָ֑שֶׁף Je 13:16; cstr. Is 21:4; sf. נִשְׁפּוֹ Jb 3:9;— evening twilight 2 K 7:5, 7 (cf. לַיְלָה v 12); opp. בֹּקֶר Is 5:11; time of concealment Jb 24:15 Pr 7:9 (+ עֶרֶב יוֹם, אִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה, to emphasize sin that shuns the day); of refreshing Is 21:4 (נ׳ חִשְׁקִי); of stumbling, in dim light Is 59:10 (opp. צָהֳרַיִם), so הָרֵי נָ֑שֶׁף Je 13:16 (both fig.); כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ Jb 3:9 the stars of its twilight (i.e. of night of Job’s birth).—so מֵהַנּ׳ וְעַד־הָעֶרֶב לְמָחֳרָתָם 1 S 30:17 Klo Kit HPS (read לְהַחֲרִמָם for לְמָח׳, We Kit Bu); Th, after Luth, sub 2, so Buhl Lex SS; Löhr allows either. morning twilight Jb 7:4 (opp. עֶרֶב), appar. also ψ 119:147.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «נֶשֶׁף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃
Word for word: at twilight in.[the] evening of.[the].day in.[the] middle of.[the].night and darkness
JPS 1917: In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
קִדַּ֣מְתִּי בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף וָאֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָה לִדְבָרְךָ֥ יִחָֽלְתִּי׃
Word for word: I.am.early in the twilight and I cried.for.help for word your I.wait
JPS 1917: I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word.
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