Lexical Definition

‎אֹפֶל‎ ʼôphel (o'fel) darkness ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎אָפֵל‎

darkness, obscurity, privily.

• dusk

1) darkness, gloom
2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)

See Greek: ναῦς · σκοτία · σκότος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֹ֫פֶל‎ noun masculine Job 3:6 darkness, gloom (only in poetry) -‎׳‎‎א‎ always absolute —

1. darkness,, of night Ps 91:6 (opposed to ‎צָֽהֳרַיִם‎ deep in the earth,‎׳‎‎אֶבֶן א‎ Job 28:3 (|| ‎חשֶׁח‎ ‎צַלְמָוֶת‎); darkness, gloom of underworld Job 10:22 (twice in verse) (|| ‎אֶרֶץ חשֶׁח‎ ‎עֵיפָפָה‎‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎צַלְמָוֶת‎); personified Job 3:6 that night — let darkness take it ‎׳‎‎יִקָּחֵהוּ א‎; figurative of spiritual darkness Isa 29:18 (|| ‎חשֵׁח‎); of secrecy, treachery Ps 11:2.

2. especially figurative of calamity, Job 23:17 (|| ‎חשׁ ך‎ q. v.), Job 30:26 (opposed to ‎אוֺר‎ ).

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