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# darkened

«darkened» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Made darker or grown darker, with little light** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (darkened); verb past form of darken (darken, darkens, darkened, darkening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Made darker or grown darker, with little light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#m1)

2) Past form of darken: the sky darkened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Prophets and Writings it is used for eyes made blind, for the sun and stars losing light, and for a land losing joy. Interpretation: Tradition reads the darkening of the lights in Ecclesiastes as a picture of old age, and the darkened eyes in the psalm as a prayer against enemies. In the primary lessons: In stories, a darkened room or darkened street sets a spooky or quiet mood. In science, experiments with torches and shadows happen in a darkened room. Phrases: a darkened room, darkened windows.

### examples

- Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter. (Writings PSA.69.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x1)
- Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; (Writings ECC.12.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x2)
- There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. (Prophets ISA.24.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x3)
- We watched the film in a darkened room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x4)
- The darkened streets felt quiet and spooky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x5)
- The sky darkened and it began to rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x6)
- Shadows are easiest to see in a darkened classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x7)
- The house had darkened windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x8)
- Her mood darkened when she lost the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x9)
- ‘Give me the youngest instead,’ replied the youth, and the giant’s face darkened as he heard him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/#x10)

### note

Past form and past participle of darken. As an adjective it suggests someone or something made it dark.

### In the corpora

- [There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.497/)
- [Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1151/)
- [Many moths rest still on trees looking like bark, and when factory soot darkened trees, dark moths survived better than pale ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/189-masters-of-camouflage/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «darkened» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darkened/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.