אֲפֵלָה

«אֲפֵלָה» 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: 10 times · Key: 653 · BDB: אֲפֵלָה

Glosses

darkness (5); gloom (3); gloom(s) (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

darkness tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. darkness, gloominess, calamity tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. darkness, gloominess, calamity—א׳ Ex 10:22 +; אֲפֵלָתְךָ Is 58:10; pl. אֲפֵלוֹת Is 59:9— darkness Dt 28:29 Pr 7:9 (‖ אִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה); of supernatural darkness in Egypt Ex 10:22; of day of י׳ (cf. Am 5:20 sub אָפֵל) Jo 2:2 Zp 1:15 (both ‖ חשׁך, ענן, ערפל) sim. of wickedness Je 23:12 Pr 4:19. fig. of calamity Is 8:22 (‖ חֲשֵׁכָה), 58:10 (‖ חשׁך, opp. צהרים), 59:9 (‖ id., opp. נגהות).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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 (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 4:19

דֶּ֣רֶךְ רְ֭שָׁעִים כָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑ה לֹ֥א יָ֝דְע֗וּ בַּמֶּ֥ה יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃פ

Word for word: [the].way of.wicked.[people] [is].like (the) darkness not they.know on what? are.they.stumbling

JPS 1917: The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

Proverbs 7:9

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.

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