The meaning of “צַלְמָוֶת”
Understanding tsalmâveth reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
shadow of death. - shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity) 1) death-shadow, deep shadow, deep darkness, ...
צַלְמָוֶת
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)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 16:16 | “My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;” Word: צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmâveth) | |
| Psalms 107:10 | “Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;” Word: צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmâveth) | |
| Isaiah 9:2 | “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.” Word: צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmâveth) | |
| Jeremiah 13:16 | “Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.” Word: צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmâveth) | |
| Amos 5:8 | “Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:” Word: צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmâveth) |
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