אָפֵל

«אָפֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: gloomy — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 651 · BDB: אָפֵל

Glosses

gloomy (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

gloomy tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. gloomy tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. gloomy, of day of י׳ Am 5:20 (‖ חשׁך, opp. נֹגַהּ) cf. אֲפֵלָה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «אָפֵל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Amos 5:20

הֲלֹא־חֹ֛שֶׁךְ י֥וֹם יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹא־א֑וֹר וְאָפֵ֖ל וְלֹא־נֹ֥גַֽהּ לֽוֹ׃

Word for word: ? not [be].darkness [will].the.day of.Yahweh and not light and gloomy and not brightness [will belong].to.it

JPS 1917: Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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