The meaning of “נֶשֶׁף”
Understanding nesheph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight. - properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening ...
נֶשֶׁף
dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight. - properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails) 1) twilight 1a) evening twilight 1b) morning twilight
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Samuel 30:17 | “And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.” Word: נֶשֶׁף (nesheph) | |
| 2 Kings 7:7 | “Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.” Word: נֶשֶׁף (nesheph) | |
| Job 7:4 | “When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.” Word: נֶשֶׁף (nesheph) | |
| Psalms 119:147 | “I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.” Word: נֶשֶׁף (nesheph) | |
| Proverbs 7:9 | “In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:” Word: נֶשֶׁף (nesheph) |
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