עֲרָפֶל

עֲרָפֶל noun masculine cloud, heavy cloud (perhaps from above √ + ל afformative; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Syriac ; ᵑ7 עֲרָפֵילָא; Mandean ארפילא Nö^{M 126, 128}; on vocaliz. see Ba^{NB 160 and against him} Schw^{ZAW x (1890), 178} who proposes עַרְפֶּל); — ׳ע in which God dwells 2 Mos 20,18 (Gi; van d. H. v2 Mos 20,21), 1 Kong 8,12 = 2 Kron 6,1 + עָנָן 5 Mos 4,11 (also חשֶׁח), 5 Mos 5,19; Sl 97,2; Job 22,13 see בַּעַד; תַּחַת רַגְלָיו ׳ע 2 Sam 22,10 = Sl 18,10 as swaddling-bands of sea Job 38,9 figurative of misery Es 60,2 (|| חשֶׁח); of ׳י's judgment Jer 13,16 (|| צַלְמָוֶת), as a past day ׳יוֺם עָנָן וַע Ezk 34,12 = (of future day of ׳י) Sef 1,15 (|| יוֺם חשֶׁח וַאֲפֵלָה) = Joel 2,2 (|| id.).