צַלְמָ֫וֶת
tsal.ma.vet
“shadow”
Definition
shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)
from H6738 (צֵל) and H4194 (מָוֶת);
- death-shadow, deep shadow, deep darkness, shadow of death 1a) death-shadow 1b) death-shadow, deep shadow, darkness 1c) death-shadow (of distress, extreme danger) (fig) 1d) death-shadow (of place of the dead) (fig)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
צַלְמָ֫וֶת appears 15 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He who made the Pleiades and Orion,who turns darkness into dawnand darkens day into night,who summons the waters of the seaand pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
My face is red with weeping,and deep shadows ring my eyes;
May darkness and gloom reclaim it,and a cloud settle over it;may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,prisoners in affliction and chains,
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