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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - It came H1961 about when the sun H8121 had set, H935 that it was very H5939 dark, H5939 and behold, H2009 there appeared a smoking H6227 oven H8574 and a flaming H784 torch H3940 which H834 passed H5674 between H996 these H428 pieces. H1506
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:6 - “Load H5375 the baggage on your shoulder H3802 in their sight H5869 and carry H3318 it out in the dark. H5939 You shall cover H3680 your face H6440 so that you cannot H3808 see H7200 the land, H776 for I have set H5414 you as a sign H4159 to the house H1004 of Israel.” H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7 - I did H6213 so, H3651 as I had been commanded. H6680 By day H3119 I brought H3318 out my baggage H3627 like the baggage H3627 of an exile. H1473 Then in the evening H6153 I dug H2864 through the wall H7023 with my hands; H3027 I went H3318 out in the dark H5939 and carried H5375 the baggage on my shoulder H3802 in their sight. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - “The prince H5387 who H834 is among H8432 them will load H5375 his baggage on his shoulder H3802 in the dark H5939 and go H3318 out. [fn]They will dig H2864 a hole through the wall H7023 to bring H3318 it out. He will cover H3680 his face H6440 so H3282 H834 that he can not see H7200 the land H776 with his eyes. H5869
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