Lexical Definition

‎צַלְמָוֶת‎ tsalmâveth (tsal-maw'-veth) shadow ^H:N-M
from ‎צֵל‎ and ‎מָוֶת‎

shadow of death.

• shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)

1) death-shadow, deep shadow, deep darkness, shadow of death
1a) death-shadow
1b) death-shadow, deep shadow, darkness
1c) death-shadow (of distress, extreme danger) (fig)
1d) death-shadow (of place of the dead) (fig)

See Greek: ᾅδης · ἄκαρπος · θάνατος · σκιά · σκότος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צַלְמָ֫וֶת‎ noun [masculine] death-shadow, deep shadow, in poetry (probably = ‎צֵל‎ + ‎מָוֶת‎, ᵐ5. (usually) σκιὰ θανάτου, compare ᵑ6 ᵑ9, so Thes Schw^{Leben n. d. Tode, 194}, see especially Nö^{ZAW xvii (1897), 183 ff.}; Ew Br and most modern (after older commentaries) read ‎צַלְמוּת‎ darkness, deep darkness, compare Arabic IV, Assyrian [ƒalâmu], Ethiopic be black, dark); **compare darkness; We^{Kl. Proph. ed. 3, 81} would read feminine plural ‎צְלָמוֺת‎, like Qor 2:16; 2:18; and frequently. — death-shadow, often || ‎חשֶׁךְ‎, ‎לַיְלָה‎ etc., and opposed to ‎בֹּקֶר‎, ‎אוֺר‎.

1. = deep shadow, darkness (compare ‎הַרְרֵי אֵל‎, ‎אַרְזֵי אֵל‎): Amos 5:8; Job 3:5; Job 12:22; Job 24:17a Job 28:3; Job 34:22 of eyes heavy with weeping Job 16:16 ‎׳‎‎בַּלְהוֺת צ‎Job 24:17b terrors of the darkness.

2. figurative

a. of distress Jer 13:16; Ps 107:10; Ps 107:14 ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ צ‎ Isa 9:1*.
b. of extreme danger Jer 2:6; Ps 23:4; Ps 44:20*.

3. characterizing world of the dead, ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ חשֶׁךְ וצ‎ Job 10:21, ‎׳‎‎כְּמוֺ אֹפֶל צ‎ vJob 10:22 (text dubious, see Bu Du); ‎׳‎‎וְשַׁעֲרֵי צ‎ Job 38:17 (ᵐ5 πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου; || ‎שַׁעֲרֵימָֿ֑וֶת‎).

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