צַלְמָוֶתtsalmâveth
death-shadow, deep shadow
Pronunciation: tsal-maw'-veth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6757
Meanings
1. = deep shadow, darkness (Amos 5:8; Job 3:5; Job 12:22)
a. of distress (Jeremiah 13:16; Psalms 107:10; Psalms 107:14)
b. of extreme danger (Jeremiah 2:6; Psalms 23:4; Psalms 44:20)
3. characterizing world of the dead (Job 10:21; Job 10:22; Job 38:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 18 times in the Bible.
- Job 3:5 Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness terrify it.
- Job 10:21 before I leave—never to return— for the land of darkness and utter gloom.
- Job 10:22 It is a land as dark as midnight, a land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is dark as midnight.’”
- Job 12:22 “He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness; he brings light to the deepest gloom.
- Job 16:16 My eyes are red with weeping; dark shadows circle my eyes.
- Job 24:17 The black night is their morning. They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).