H6757. tsalmaveth
צַלְמָ֫וֶת noun [masculine] death-shadow, deep shadow, in poetry (probably = צֵל + ᵐ5 מָוֶת,. (usually) σκιὰ θανάτου, compare ᵑ9 ᵑ6, so Thes SchwLeben n. d. Tode, 194, see especially NöZAW 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; WeKl. Proph. ed. 3, 81 would read feminine plural צְלָמוֺת, like Qor 2:16; 2:18; and frequently. — death-shadow, often || לַיְלָה חשֶׁךְ, etc., and opposed to אוֺר בֹּקֶר,.
1 = deep shadow, darkness (compare אֵל אַרְזֵי אֵל, הַרְרֵי): [Amos 5:8]; [Job 3:5]; [12:22]; [24:17]a [28:3]; [34:22]; of eyes heavy with weeping [16:16]; צ ׳בַּלְהוֺת[24:17]b terrors of the darkness.
2 figurative
a. of distress [Jer 13:16]; [Psa 107:10]; [107:14]; צ ׳אֶרֶץ [Isa 9:1].
b. of extreme danger [Jer 2:6]; [Psa 23:4]; [44:20].
3 characterizing world of the dead, וצ חשֶׁךְ ׳אֶרֶץ [Job 10:21], צ אֹפֶל ׳כְּמוֺ [10:22] (text dubious, see Bu Du); צ ׳וְשַׁעֲרֵי [38:17] (ᵐ5 πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου; || שַׁעֲרֵימָֿ֑וֶת).