עֲרָפֶל
a.ra.phel
“cloud”
Definition
gloom (as of a lowering sky)
probably from H6201 (עָרַף);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עֲרָפֶל appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then Solomon declared:“The LORD has said that He would dwellin the thick cloud.
He parted the heavens and came downwith dark clouds beneath His feet.
The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
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Give glory to the LORD your Godbefore He brings darkness,before your feet stumbleon the dusky mountains.You wait for light,but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
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