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Lexicon :: Strong's H5399 - nešep̄

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נֶשֶׁף
Transliteration
nešep̄
Pronunciation
neh'-shef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1434a

Strong’s Definitions

נֶשֶׁף nesheph, neh'-shef; from H5398; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails):—dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H5399 in the following manner: twilight (6x), night (3x), dark (1x), dawning of the morning, dawning of the day (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H5399 in the following manner: twilight (6x), night (3x), dark (1x), dawning of the morning, dawning of the day (1x).

  1. twilight

    1. evening twilight

    2. morning twilight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶשֶׁף nesheph, neh'-shef; from H5398; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails):—dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
STRONGS H5399: Abbreviations
† נֶ֫שֶׁף noun masculine twilight (properly twilight-breeze, compare לְרוּחַ הַיּוֺם Genesis 3:8; Late Hebrew id.; Targum נְשֶׁף, נִשְׁפָּא; — נ׳ absolute 1 Samuel 30:17 +, נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16; construct Isaiah 21:4; suffix נִשְׁפּוֹ Job 3:9; —
1. evening twilight 2 Kings 7:5, 7 (compare לַיְלָה 2 Kings 7:12); opposed to בֹּקֶר Isaiah 5:11; time of concealment Job 24:15; Proverbs 7:9 (+ עֶרֶב יוֺם, אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה, to emphasize sin that shuns the day); of refreshing Isaiah 21:4 (חִשְׁקִי נ׳); of stumbling, in dim light Isaiah 59:10 (opposed to צָהֳרַיִם), so הָרֵי נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16 (both figurative); נִשְׁפּוֹ כּוֺכְבֵי Job 3:9 the stars of its twilight (i.e. of night of Job's birth). — so וְעַדהָֿעֶרֶב מֵהַנּ׳ לְמָחֳרָתָם 1 Samuel 30 Klo Kit HPS (read לְהַחֲרִמָם for לְמָח׳, We Kit Bu); Th, after Luth, below 2, so BuhlLex SS; Löhr allows either.
2. morning twilight Job 7:4 (opposed to עֶרֶב). apparently also Psalm 119:147.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:8

1 Samuel

30; 30:17

2 Kings

7:5; 7:7; 7:12

Job

3:9; 3:9; 7:4; 24:15

Psalms

119:147

Proverbs

7:9

Isaiah

5:11; 21:4; 21:4; 59:10

Jeremiah

13:16; 13:16

H5399

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5399 matches the Hebrew נֶשֶׁף (nešep̄),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - David H1732 [fn]slaughtered H5221 them from the twilight H5399 [fn]until H5704 the evening H6153 of [fn]the next H4283 day; H4283 and not a man H376 of them escaped, H4422 except H3588 H518 four H702 hundred H3967 young H5288 men H5288 who H834 rode H7392 on camels H1581 and fled. H1272

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - They arose H6965 at twilight H5399 to go H935 to the camp H4264 of the Arameans; H758 when they came H935 to the outskirts H7097 of the camp H4264 of the Arameans, H758 behold, H2009 there H369 was no H369 one H376 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - Therefore they arose H6965 and fled H5127 in the twilight, H5399 and left H5800 their tents H168 and their horses H5483 and their donkeys, H2543 even the camp H4264 just H834 as it was, and fled H5127 for their life. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - “Let the stars H3556 of its twilight H5399 be darkened; H2821
Let it wait H6960 for light H216 but have H369 none, H369
And let it not see H7200 the [fn]breaking H6079 dawn; H7837

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - “When H518 I lie H7901 down H7901 I say, H559
‘When H4970 shall I arise?’ H6965
But the night H6153 continues, H4058
And I am [fn]continually H7646 tossing H5076 until H5704 dawn. H5399

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - “The eye H5869 of the adulterer H5003 waits H8104 for the twilight, H5399
Saying, H559 ‘No H3808 eye H5869 will see H7789 me.’
And he [fn]disguises H7760 H5643 his face. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 - I [fn]rise H6923 before dawn H5399 and cry H7768 for help; H7768
I [fn]wait H3176 for Your words. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 - In the twilight, H5399 in the [fn]evening, H6153 H3117
In the [fn]middle H380 of the night H3915 and in the darkness. H653

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe H1945 to those who rise H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 that they may pursue H7291 strong H7941 drink, H7941
Who stay H309 up late H309 in the evening H5399 that wine H3196 may inflame H1814 them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4 - My [fn]mind H3824 reels, H8582 [fn]horror H6427 overwhelms H1204 me;
The twilight H5399 I longed H2837 for has been turned H7760 for me into trembling. H2731

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - We grope H1659 along the wall H7023 like blind H5787 men, H5787
We grope H1659 like those who have H369 no H369 eyes; H5869
We stumble H3782 at midday H6672 as in the twilight, H5399
Among those who H820 are vigorous H820 we are like dead H4191 men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give H5414 glory H3519 to the LORD H3068 your God, H430
Before H2962 He brings H2821 darkness H2821
And before H2962 your feet H7272 stumble H5062
On the dusky H5399 mountains, H2022
And while you are hoping H6960 for light H216
He makes H7760 it into deep H6757 darkness, H6757
And turns H7896 it into gloom. H6205
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