Lexicon alatah: thick darkness Original Word: עֲלָטָהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: alatah Phonetic Spelling: (al-aw-taw') Short Definition: dark NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitionthick darkness NASB Translationdark (3), very dark (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs עֲלָטָה noun feminine thick darkness **< darkness, dusk, which suits both passages (Bevan, privately). (Late Hebrew עֲלָטָה (rare); according to Ba ES 5 transposes from Arabic  [ be cloudy];  darkness); — absolute ׳ע, attending sunset Genesis 15:17 (with verb masculine; Albr ZAW xv (1895), 325 Kö Synt. § 350 e read הָֽיְתָה); ׳בַּע Ezekiel 12:7 ("" בָּעֶרֶב), Ezekiel 12:6; Ezekiel 12:12. עֵלִי, עֱלִי, עִלִּי, עֲלִיָּה, עֶלְיוֺן see עלה. p. 750f עֲלֵי see עַל. עַלְיָה, עַלְיָן see עלוה, עלוז.p.752
Strong's dark, twilight Feminine from an unused root meaning to cover; dusk -- dark, twilight. |
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