חָשַׁךְ
Engelsk be, grow dark
Brown-Driver-Briggs
חָשַׁךְ verb be, grow dark (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲשַׁךְ, ; Arabic bear rancour, see LagBN 30) —
Qal Perfect ׳ח Es 5,30 + 4 t.; וְחָֽשְׁכָה consecutive Mik 3,6 (but see below); חָֽשְׁכוּ Klg 5,17 וְחָֽשְׁכוּ consecutive Praed 12,3 Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּחְשַׁךְ Praed 12,2 וַתֶּחְשַׁךְ 2 Mos 10,15 3 masculine plural יֶחְשְׁכוּ Job 3,9 3 feminine plural תֶּחְשַׁכְנָה Sl 69,24 —
1. be, grow dark, אוֺר Es 5,30, compare (figurative) Job 18,6 הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Es 13,10 (figurative); היום Ezk 30,18 (where read חשׁך, for ᵑ0 Baer חשׂך); Job 3,9 (subject כוכבים), compare Praed 12,2 (subject השׁמשׁ, האור, הירח, הכוכבים); impersonal Mik 3,6 (si vera 1.; but read probably וַחֲשֵׁכָה, corresponding with לַיְלָה preceding).
2. have a dark colour: מִשְּׁחוֺר ׳ח תָּֽאֳרָם Klg 4,8 darker than blackness is their visage; of the earth הָאֶרֶץ 2 Mos 10,15.
3. grow dim Klg 5,17 (subject עינינו), compare Sl 69,24 (figurative), Praed 12,3 subject הָראֹוֺת i.e. the eyes. Hiph`il Perfect הֶחְשִׁיךְ Amos 5,8, וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֫י Amos 8,9 Imperfect יַחֲשִׁיךְ Sl 139,12 יַחְשִׁךְ Jer 13,16וַיַּחְשִׁךְ Sl 105,28 Participle מַחְשִׁיךְ Job 38,2 —
1. make dark, ׳יום לילה הח Amos 5,8 absolute cause darkness Jer 13,16; Sl 105,28, compare Amos 8,9 (לארץ).
2. = hide, conceal, followed by מִמֶּךָּ Sl 139,12.
3. figurative obscure, confuse Job 38,2 (object עֵצָה).
Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.