H7815 H7815
Than soot, describing a color darker than blackness itself
Lamentations' graphic description of Jerusalem's suffering includes faces that have grown 'darker than soot'—a powerful image of deterioration and death. Soot, the carbon residue from incomplete combustion, represents maximum blackness in the ancient world. The comparison structure (darker than X) intensifies the horror of what siege and starvation have done to human appearance. Skin that was once ruby-red (the previous verse's description) has become unrecognizable, blackened beyond even soot's darkness.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Appears in Lamentations 4:8 contrasting Jerusalem's nobility before and after siege. The prepositional phrase 'than soot' serves as the standard of comparison for their darkened appearance. Spanish renders it 'que el hollín' (than the soot), maintaining the comparative structure. The image captures not just discoloration but the death-like transformation of living flesh into something resembling burnt material—a metaphor of complete desolation. 1×
AR["مِنَ-السُّوَادِ"]·ben["কালিমার-চেয়ে"]·DE["[משחור]"]·EN["than-soot"]·FR["[משחור]"]·heb["מ-שחור"]·HI["कालिख-से-अधिक"]·ID["dari-jelaga"]·IT["[משחור]"]·jav["langkung-saking-cemeng"]·KO["어둠-보다"]·PT["mais-que-negrura"]·RU["от-черноты"]·ES["que-el-hollín"]·SW["kuliko-masizi"]·TR["isten"]·urd["کالک-سے"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† שְׁחוֹר n.[m.] blackness;—חָשַׁךְ מִשּׁ׳ תָּאֳרָם La 4:8.