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H5939

עֲלָטָה

a.la.tahH:N-F

darkness

thick darkness

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עֲלָטָה noun feminine thick darkness

**< darkness, dusk, which suits both passages (Bevan, privately). (Late Hebrew עֲלָטָה (rare); according to BaES 5 transposes from Arabic [be cloudy]; darkness); — absolute ׳ע, attending sunset Gen 15:17 (with verb masculine; AlbrZAW xv (1895), 325 KöSynt. § 350 e read הָֽיְתָה); ׳בַּע Ezek 12:7 (|| בָּעֶרֶב), vEzek 12:6 vEzek 12:12.

עֵלִי, עֱלִי, עִלִּי, עֲלִיָּה, עֶלְיוֺן see עלה. p. 750f

עֲלֵי see עַל. עַלְיָה, עַלְיָן see עלוה, עלוז.p.752

4 occurrences

Genesis (1), Ezekiel (3)