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Hebrew
Etymology
Found in biblical Hebrew scripture. Uncertain origin, but possibly a compound of צֵל (tsél, “shadow, shade”) + מָוֶת (mávet, “death”).[1]
Noun
צַלְמָוֶת • (tsalmávet) m
- Death-shadow, shadow of death.
- Psalm 23:4:
גַּם כִּי־אֵלֵךְ בְּגֵיא צַלְמָוֶת לֹא־אִירָא רָע כִּי־אַתָּה עִמָּדִי […]- gam ki-elékh b'gé' tsalmávet lo-irá ra' ki-atá 'imadí
- Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me
- Deep darkness.
- a. 400 B.C.E., Book of Job 3:5:
יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּמְרִירֵי יוֹם- yigalúhu khóshekh v'tsalmávet tishkan-'aláv 'ananá y'va'atúhu kimrírey yom
- Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.[2]
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