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title: מַאֲפֵל — darkness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַאֲפֵל (3990), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: darkness. BDB 1906: darkness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַאֲפֵל

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«מַאֲפֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **darkness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3990 · **BDB:** מַאֲפֵל

### Glosses

darkness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

darkness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3990/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

darkness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3990/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] darkness, Jos 24:7 (E) וַיָּשֶׂם מ׳ בֵּינֵיכֶם וג׳, between Hebrews \& Egyptians.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַאֲפֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3990/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 24:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.24.7/)

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וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְהוָ֗ה וַיָּ֨שֶׂם מַֽאֲפֵ֜ל בֵּינֵיכֶ֣ם ׀ וּבֵ֣ין הַמִּצְרִ֗ים וַיָּבֵ֨א עָלָ֤יו אֶת־הַיָּם֙ וַיְכַסֵּ֔הוּ וַתִּרְאֶ֙ינָה֙ עֵינֵיכֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֖יתִי בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וַתֵּשְׁב֥וּ בַמִּדְבָּ֖ר יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.cried.out to Yahweh and he.put darkness between you and between the Egyptians and he.brought over it (et) the sea and it covered.it and they.saw eyes your.own (et) \[that\].which I.did in Egypt and you.dwelt in the wilderness days many

*JPS 1917:* And when they cried out unto the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.

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