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Lexicon :: Strong's H5399 - nešep̄

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נֶשֶׁף
Transliteration
nešep̄
Pronunciation
neh'-shef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1434a

Strong’s Definitions

נֶשֶׁף nesheph, neh'-shef; from H5398; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails):—dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H5399 in the following manner: twilight (6x), night (3x), dark (1x), dawning of the morning, dawning of the day (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H5399 in the following manner: twilight (6x), night (3x), dark (1x), dawning of the morning, dawning of the day (1x).

  1. twilight

    1. evening twilight

    2. morning twilight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶשֶׁף nesheph, neh'-shef; from H5398; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails):—dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
STRONGS H5399: Abbreviations
† נֶ֫שֶׁף noun masculine twilight (properly twilight-breeze, compare לְרוּחַ הַיּוֺם Genesis 3:8; Late Hebrew id.; Targum נְשֶׁף, נִשְׁפָּא; — נ׳ absolute 1 Samuel 30:17 +, נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16; construct Isaiah 21:4; suffix נִשְׁפּוֹ Job 3:9; —
1. evening twilight 2 Kings 7:5, 7 (compare לַיְלָה 2 Kings 7:12); opposed to בֹּקֶר Isaiah 5:11; time of concealment Job 24:15; Proverbs 7:9 (+ עֶרֶב יוֺם, אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה, to emphasize sin that shuns the day); of refreshing Isaiah 21:4 (חִשְׁקִי נ׳); of stumbling, in dim light Isaiah 59:10 (opposed to צָהֳרַיִם), so הָרֵי נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16 (both figurative); נִשְׁפּוֹ כּוֺכְבֵי Job 3:9 the stars of its twilight (i.e. of night of Job's birth). — so וְעַדהָֿעֶרֶב מֵהַנּ׳ לְמָחֳרָתָם 1 Samuel 30 Klo Kit HPS (read לְהַחֲרִמָם for לְמָח׳, We Kit Bu); Th, after Luth, below 2, so BuhlLex SS; Löhr allows either.
2. morning twilight Job 7:4 (opposed to עֶרֶב). apparently also Psalm 119:147.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:8

1 Samuel

30; 30:17

2 Kings

7:5; 7:7; 7:12

Job

3:9; 3:9; 7:4; 24:15

Psalms

119:147

Proverbs

7:9

Isaiah

5:11; 21:4; 21:4; 59:10

Jeremiah

13:16; 13:16

H5399

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5399 matches the Hebrew נֶשֶׁף (nešep̄),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - Then David struck them down from the twilight H5399 [fn]until the evening of [fn]the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:5 - So they arose at twilight H5399 to go to the camp of the Arameans. Then they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, but behold, there was no one there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight H5399, and forsook their tents and their horses and their donkeys, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 -

“Let the stars of its twilight H5399 be darkened;

Let it hope for light but have none,

And let it not see the [fn]breaking dawn,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 -

“If I lie down I say,

‘When shall I arise?’

But the twilight continues,

And I am saturated with tossing until dawn H5399.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 -

“The eye of the adulterer keeps watch for the twilight H5399,

Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’

And he [fn]keeps his face hidden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:147

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 -

I [fn]eagerly greet the dawn H5399 and cry for help;

I [fn]wait for Your words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 -

In the twilight H5399, in the evening of that day,

In the [fn]middle of the night, and in the thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 -

Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink,

Who stay up late in the evening H5399 that wine may inflame them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:4 -

My heart [fn]reels; [fn]horror terrorizes me;

The twilight H5399 I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 -

We grope along the wall like blind men;

We grope like those who have no eyes;

We stumble at midday as in the twilight H5399,

Among those who are vigorous we are like dead men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 -

Give glory to Yahweh your God,

Before He brings darkness

And before your feet [fn]stumble

On the dusky H5399 mountains;

And while you are hoping for light,

He makes it into the shadow of death

And turns it into dense gloom.

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