H5743 H5743
becloud, cover with a cloud (divine judgment metaphor)
A Hiphil verb meaning to cover with a cloud or enshroud in darkness, used in Lamentations for God's judgment on Jerusalem. The prophet laments, 'How the Lord has clouded Daughter Zion in his anger!' The image is of divine wrath descending like a storm cloud, darkening and obscuring what was once glorious. The verb intensifies the sense of God's alienation and judgment.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The divine clouding of Jerusalem in judgment, expressed in Lamentations 2:1: 'How the Lord has beclouded Daughter Zion in his anger!' The verb pictures God's wrath as a dark cloud covering the city, hiding her glory and beauty. The cloud imagery suggests both divine presence (as at Sinai) now turned hostile, and the darkness of disaster obscuring former splendor. 1×
AR["أَظْلَمَ"]·ben["মেঘাচ্ছন্ন-করেছেন"]·DE["[יעיב]"]·EN["has-covered-with-a-cloud"]·FR["[יעיב]"]·heb["יעיב"]·HI["बादल-से-ढकता-है"]·ID["menyelimuti-dengan-awan"]·IT["[יעיב]"]·jav["Panjenengan-ndadosaken-peteng"]·KO["덮으셨는가"]·PT["obscureceu"]·RU["затмил"]·ES["ha-oscurecido"]·SW["amefunika-kwa-wingu"]·TR["bulutla-kapladı"]·urd["بادل-میں-چھپایا"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [עוּב] vb.denom. Hiph. becloud, Impf. 3 ms. יָעִיב בְּאַפּוֹ אֲדֹנָי אֶת־בַּת־צִיּוֹן La 2:1 (Bu הֵעִיב).