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in the twilight,בְּנֶשֶׁףin the eveningבְּעֶרֶבof the day,יוֹםin the blacknessבְּאִישׁוֹןof nightלַיְלָהandוַdeep darkness.אֲפֵלָה
Proverbs 7:9
Study it in the app“in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and deep darkness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 7:9, word by word
- in the twilightנֶשֶׁףneshef
twilight
When it grows dark at evening.
Where else “neshef” appears- in the eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- of the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- in the blacknessאִישׁוֹןishon
blackness
The darkest part of the night, when no light is left.
Where else “ishon” appears- of nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- deep darknessאֲפֵלָהafela
thick darkness
Very thick darkness.
Where else “afela” appears
The context
8passing through the street near her corner, and on the way to her house he marched,
9 · This verse (above)
10And look, a woman comes to meet him, in the attire of a prostitute and with a guarded heart.