Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB20

NASB20

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H5939 - ʿălāṭâ

Aa
עֲלָטָה
Transliteration
ʿălāṭâ
Pronunciation
al-aw-taw'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to cover
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1626

Strong’s Definitions

עֲלָטָה ʻălâṭâh, al-aw-taw'; feminine from an unused root meaning to cover; dusk:—dark, twilight.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H5939 in the following manner: twilight (3x), dark (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H5939 in the following manner: twilight (3x), dark (1x).

  1. thick darkness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲלָטָה ʻălâṭâh, al-aw-taw'; feminine from an unused root meaning to cover; dusk:—dark, twilight.
STRONGS H5939: Abbreviations
† עֲלָטָה noun feminine thick darkness **< darkness, dusk, which suits both passages (Bevan, privately). (Late Hebrew עֲלָטָה (rare); according to BaES 5 transposes from Arabic bdb075901 [be cloudy]; bdb075902 darkness); — absolute ע׳, attending sunset Genesis 15:17 (with verb masculine; AlbrZAW xv (1895), 325 KöSynt. § 350 e read הָֽיְתָה); בַּע׳ Ezekiel 12:7 (|| בָּעֶרֶב), Ezekiel 12:6; Ezekiel 12:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:17

Esther

5

Ezekiel

12:6; 12:7; 12:12

H5939

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5939 matches the Hebrew עֲלָטָה (ʿălāṭâ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961, when the sun H8121 had set H935, that it was very H5939 dark H5939, and behold H2009, a smoking H6227 oven H8574 and a flaming H784 torch H3940 appeared which H834 passed H5674 between H996 these H428 pieces H1506.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:6 - “Load H5375 the baggage on your shoulder H3802 in their sight H5869 and carry H3318 it out H3318 in the dark H5939. You shall cover H3680 your face H6440 so that you cannot H3808 see H7200 the land H776, for I have set H5414 you as a sign H4159 to the house H1004 of Israel H3478.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7 -

Then I did H6213 so H3651, just H834 as H834 I had been commanded H6680. By day H3119 I brought H3318 out H3318 my baggage H3627 like the baggage H3627 of an exile H1473. Then in the evening H6153 I dug H2864 through the wall H7023 with my hands H3027; I went H3318 out H3318 in the dark H5939 and carried H5375 the baggage on my shoulder H3802 in their sight H5869.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - “The prince H5387 who H834 is among H8432 them will load H5375 his baggage on his shoulder H3802 in the dark H5939 and go H3318 out H3318. [fn]They will dig H2864 a hole through the wall H7023 to bring H3318 it out H3318 through it. He will cover H3680 his face H6440 so H3282 H834 that he cannot see H7200 the land H776 with his eyes H5869.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB20
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
NASB20
Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan