Lexical Definition

‎עֲרָפֶל‎ ʻărâphel (ar-aw-fel') cloud ^H:N-M
probably from ‎עָרַף‎

(gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).

• gloom (as of a lowering sky)

1) cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness

See Greek: γνόφος · θύελλα · νέφος · σκότος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲרָפֶל‎ noun masculine cloud, heavy cloud (perhaps from above √ + ‎ל‎ afformative; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Syriac ; ᵑ7 ‎עֲרָפֵילָא‎; Mandean ‎ארפילא‎ Nö^{M 126, 128}; on vocaliz. see Ba^{NB 160 and against him} Schw^{ZAW x (1890), 178} who proposes ‎עַרְפֶּל‎); — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ in which God dwells Exod 20:18 (Gi; van d. H. vExod 20:21), 1Kgs 8:12 = 2Chr 6:1 + ‎עָנָן‎ Deut 4:11 (also ‎חשֶׁח‎), Deut 5:19; Ps 97:2; Job 22:13 see ‎בַּעַד‎; ‎תַּחַת רַגְלָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 2Sam 22:10 = Ps 18:10* as swaddling-bands of sea Job 38:9 figurative of misery Isa 60:2 (|| ‎חשֶׁח‎); of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s judgment Jer 13:16 (|| ‎צַלְמָוֶת‎), as a past day ‎׳‎‎יוֺם עָנָן וַע‎ Ezek 34:12 = (of future day of ‎׳‎‎י‎) Zeph 1:15 (|| ‎יוֺם חשֶׁח וַאֲפֵלָה‎) = Joel 2:2 (|| id.).

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