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title: עֵיפָה — darkness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵיפָה (5890), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: darkness. BDB 1906: n.f. darkness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵיפָה

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«עֵיפָה» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5890 · **BDB:** עֵיפָה

### Glosses

darkness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

darkness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5890/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. darkness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5890/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. darkness;—עֹשֵׂה שַׁחַר עֵיפָה Am 4:13; אֶרֶץ עֵפָ֫תָה Jb 10:22 (Ges§ 90 g; ‖ צַלְמָוֶת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵיפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5890/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 10:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.22/)

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אֶ֤רֶץ עֵיפָ֨תָה ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים וַתֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃פ

*Word for word:* \[the\].land darkness of like gloom of.deep.darkness and not order(s) and.\[where\] it.shone.forth like gloom

*JPS 1917:* A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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[Amos 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.4.13/)

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כִּ֡י הִנֵּה֩ יוֹצֵ֨ר הָרִ֜ים וּבֹרֵ֣א ר֗וּחַ וּמַגִּ֤יד לְאָדָם֙ מַה־שֵּׂח֔וֹ עֹשֵׂ֥ה שַׁ֙חַר֙ עֵיפָ֔ה וְדֹרֵ֖ךְ עַל־בָּ֣מֳתֵי אָ֑רֶץ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) here! \[one.who\].formed mountains and \[one.who\].created wind and \[one.who\].tells to humankind what? thought \[is\].his \[one.who\].makes (of).dawn darkness and \[one.who\].treads on \[the\].high.places of.\[the\].earth \[is\].Yahweh God of.hosts name his

*JPS 1917:* For, lo, He that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth; the LORD, the God of hosts, is His name.

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