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Strong's #06757 - צַלְמָוֶת
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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) (figuratively)
1d) death-shadow (of place of the dead) (figuratively)
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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 צ Job 24:17b terrors of the darkness.
2 figurative
a. of distress Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 107:10; Psalm 107:14; ׳אֶרֶץ צ Isaiah 9:1.
b. of extreme danger Jeremiah 2:6; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 44:20.
3 characterizing world of the dead, ׳אֶרֶץ חשֶׁךְ וצ Job 10:21, ׳כְּמוֺ אֹפֶל צ Job 10:22 (text dubious, see Bu Du); ׳וְשַׁעֲרֵי צ Job 38:17 (ᵐ5 πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου; "" שַׁעֲרֵימָֿ֑וֶת).
צַלְמָוֶת f. pr. shadow of death (comp. of צֵל shadow, and מָוֶת death), poet. for very thick darkness, Job 3:5, 10:21 28:3 34:22 38:17, שַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת “the gates of darkness.”