Lexical Definition

‎חֲשֵׁכָה‎ chăshêkâh (khash-ay-kaw') darkness ^H:N-F
or חֲשֵׁיכָה chăshêykâh (khash-ay-kaw'); from ‎חָשַׁךְ‎

darkness.

• darkness
• figuratively, misery

1) darkness

Extended Information

• Also means: chesh.khah (‎ח‎ֶ‎ש‎ְׁ‎כ‎ָ‎ה‎ "dark" חֶשְׁכָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֲשֵׁכָה‎ noun feminine darkness (chiefly in poetry) — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 15:12 + 2 t., so read also probably Mic 3:6 (for ᵑ0 ‎חָֽשְׁכָה‎); ‎חֲשֵׁיכָה‎ Ps 139:12 construct ‎חֶשְׁכַּת‎ Ps 18:12* plural ‎חֲשֵׁכִים‎ Isa 50:10 — darkness, opposed to light (‎אוֺרָה‎) Ps 139:12 supernatural, ‎גדולה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 15:12 (JE); ‎חֶשְׁכַּתֿ‎ ‎מַיִם‎ Ps 18:12* in theoph. (but || 2Sam 22:12 ‎חַשְׁרַתמֿים‎ a mass of water); figurative = lack of understanding Ps 82:5 = distress Isa 8:22 (|| ‎צָרָה‎), Isa 50:10.

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