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Lexicon :: Strong's H5939 - ʿălāṭâ

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עֲלָטָה
Transliteration
ʿălāṭâ
Pronunciation
al-aw-taw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to cover
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1626

Strong’s Definitions

עֲלָטָה ʻălâṭâh, al-aw-taw'; feminine from an unused root meaning to cover; dusk:—dark, twilight.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H5939 in the following manner: twilight (3x), dark (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H5939 in the following manner: twilight (3x), dark (1x).
  1. thick darkness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲלָטָה ʻălâṭâh, al-aw-taw'; feminine from an unused root meaning to cover; dusk:—dark, twilight.
STRONGS H5939: Abbreviations
עֲלָטָה noun feminine thick darkness **< darkness, dusk, which suits both passages (Bevan, privately). (Late Hebrew עֲלָטָה (rare); according to BaES 5 transposes from Arabic bdb075901 [be cloudy]; bdb075902 darkness); — absolute ע׳, attending sunset Genesis 15:17 (with verb masculine; AlbrZAW xv (1895), 325Synt. § 350 e read הָֽיְתָה); בַּע׳ Ezekiel 12:7 (|| בָּעֶרֶב), Ezekiel 12:6; Ezekiel 12:12.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:17

Esther

5

Ezekiel

12:6; 12:7; 12:12

H5939

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5939 matches the Hebrew עֲלָטָה (ʿălāṭâ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 - And it came to pass, that, when the sun H8121 went down, H935 and it was dark, H5939 behold a smoking H6227 furnace, H8574 and a burning H784 lamp H3940 that passed H5674 between H996 those pieces. H1506
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:6 - In their sight H5869 shalt thou bear H5375 it upon thy shoulders, H3802 and carry it forth H3318 in the twilight: H5939 thou shalt cover H3680 thy face, H6440 that thou see H7200 not the ground: H776 for I have set H5414 thee for a sign H4159 unto the house H1004 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7 - And I did H6213 so as I was commanded: H6680 I brought forth H3318 my stuff H3627 by day, H3119 as stuff H3627 for captivity, H1473 and in the even H6153 I digged H2864 through the wall H7023 with mine hand; H3027 I brought it forth H3318 in the twilight, H5939 and I bare H5375 it upon my shoulder H3802 in their sight. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - And the prince H5387 that is among H8432 them shall bear H5375 upon his shoulder H3802 in the twilight, H5939 and shall go forth: H3318 they shall dig H2864 through the wall H7023 to carry out H3318 thereby: he shall cover H3680 his face, H6440 that H3282 he see H7200 not the ground H776 with his eyes. H5869
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