H5890 H5890
darkness, gloom (noun: deep darkness, often parallel to shadow of death)
This noun denotes thick darkness or gloom, appearing in poetic contexts of cosmic or existential dread. In Job 10:22, the land of death is described as a place of 'deep gloom' (עֵפָתָה) parallel to 'shadow of death' (צַלְמָוֶת). In Amos 4:13, God 'makes the dawn darkness' (עֹשֵׂה שַׁחַר עֵיפָה), overturning the natural order. The multilingual glosses converge on 'darkness' or 'gloom' ('darkness,' 'oscuridad,' 'obscurité'), situating the term in the semantic field of primordial or divine-induced darkness.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Describes overwhelming darkness, whether in the underworld (Job 10:22, paired with 'shadow of death') or as a divine act (Amos 4:13, God turning dawn into gloom). The word's rarity and poetic contexts mark it as a vivid, evocative term for the absence of light, often with eschatological or existential overtones. 2×
AR["الدُّجى", "ظُلْمَةً"]·ben["অন্ধকারের", "ঘোর-অন্ধকারের"]·DE["[עיפה]", "[עיפתה]"]·EN["darkness", "gloom"]·FR["obscurité", "עיפתה"]·heb["עיפה", "עיפתה"]·HI["अंधकार", "घोर-अंधकार-की"]·ID["kegelapan", "kegelapan-pekat"]·IT["[עיפה]", "gloom"]·jav["kegelapan", "lan-kang-mlampah"]·KO["어둠으로", "칭칭한-어둠"]·PT["escuridão"]·RU["во-тьму", "мрачную"]·ES["oscuridad"]·SW["giza", "giza-nene"]·TR["karanlık", "karanlığın"]·urd["اندھیرا", "تاریکی-کی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† I. עֵיפָה n.f. darkness;—עֹשֵׂה שַׁחַר עֵיפָה Am 4:13; אֶרֶץ עֵפָ֫תָה Jb 10:22 (Ges§ 90 g; ‖ צַלְמָוֶת).