אֹפֶל
Used: 9 times · Key: 652 · BDB: אֹ֫פֶל
Glosses
gloom (8); of.gloom (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
darkness tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. darkness, gloom tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Jb 3:6 darkness, gloom (only poet.)—א׳ always abs.— darkness, of night ψ 91:6 (opp. צָֽהֳרָֽיִם); deep in the earth, אֶבֶן א׳ Jb 28:3 (‖ חֹשֶׁךְ, צַלְמָוֶת); darkness, gloom of underworld Jb 10:22(×2) (‖ אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ, א׳ עֵיפָפָה, צַלְמָוֶת); personif. Jb 3:6 that night—let darkness take it יִקָּחֵהוּ א׳; fig. of spiritual darkness Is 29:18 (‖ חֹשֶׁךְ); of secrecy, treachery ψ 11:2. especially fig. of calamity Jb 23:17 (‖ חשׁך q.v.), 30:26 (opp. אוֹר).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אֹפֶל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
מִ֭דֶּבֶר בָּאֹ֣פֶל יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ מִ֝קֶּ֗טֶב יָשׁ֥וּד צָהֳרָֽיִם׃
Word for word: from a.plague [which].in the gloom it.will.walk from destruction [which].it.will.devastate noon(s)
JPS 1917: Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃
Word for word: (dm) not I.have.been.silenced from before darkness and from before me it.covers gloom
JPS 1917: Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.
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