Lexical Definition

‎נֶשֶׁף‎ nesheph (neh'-shef) twilight ^H:N-M
from ‎נָשַׁף‎

dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.

• properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)

1) twilight
1a) evening twilight
1b) morning twilight

See Greek: μεσονύκτιον · νύξ · ὀψέ · πρωΐ · σκοτεινός · σκότος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֶ֫שֶׁף‎ noun masculine twilight (properly twilight-breeze, compare ‎לְרוּחַ הַיּוֺם‎ Gen 3:8 Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 ‎נְשֶׁף‎, ‎נִשְׁפָּא‎; — ‎׳‎‎נ‎ absolute 1Sam 30:17 +, ‎נָ֑שֶׁף‎ Jer 13:16 construct Isa 21:4 suffix ‎נִשְׁפּוֺ‎ Job 3:9 —

1. evening twilight 2Kgs 7:5; 2Kgs 7:7 (compare ‎לַיְלָה‎ v2Kgs 7:12); opposed to ‎בֹּקֶר‎ Isa 5:11 time of concealment Job 24:15; Prov 7:9 (+ ‎עֶרֶב יוֺם‎, ‎אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה‎, to emphasize sin that shuns the day); of refreshing Isa 21:4 ‎חִשְׁקִיׅ‎ ‎׳‎‎(נ‎; of stumbling, in dim light Isa 59:10 (opposed to ‎צָהֳרַיִם‎), so ‎הָרֵי נָ֑שֶׁף‎ Jer 13:16 (both figurative); ‎כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֺ‎ Job 3:9 the stars of its twilight (i.e. of night of Job's birth). — so ‎וְעַדהָֿעֶרֶב‎ ‎׳‎‎מֵהַנּ‎ ‎לְמָחֳרָתָם‎ 1Sam 30 Klo Kit HPS (read ‎לְהַחֲרִמָם‎ for ‎׳‎‎לְמָח‎, We Kit Bu); Th, after Luth, below so Buhl^Kex SS; Löhr allows either.

2. morning twilight Job 7:4 (opposed to ‎עֶרֶב‎). apparently also Ps 119:147.

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