H652. ophel
אֹ֫פֶל noun masculine [Job 3:6] darkness, gloom (only in poetry) -׳א always absolute —
1 darkness,, of night [Psa 91:6] (opposed to צָֽהֳרַיִם deep in the earth,א ׳אֶבֶן [Job 28:3] (|| צַלְמָוֶת חשֶׁח); darkness, gloom of underworld [10:22] (twice in verse) (|| צַלְמָוֶת עֵיפָפָה׳א חשֶׁח אֶרֶץ); personified [3:6] that night — let darkness take it א ׳יִקָּחֵהוּ; figurative of spiritual darkness [Isa 29:18] (|| חשֵׁח); of secrecy, treachery [Psa 11:2].
2 especially figurative of calamity, [Job 23:17] (|| ך חשׁ q. v.), [30:26] (opposed to אוֺר ).