עֲלָטָה
alata · thick darkness
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5939 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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alata (עֲלָטָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “thick darkness”.
Dusk.
How to say it
a·la·ta
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Deep darkness that falls when the sun sets; under it one can go out unseen.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- darkness ×3
- dark ×1
Where it appears
- Genesis 15:17
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, look, a smoking oven and a torch of fire that passed between these pieces.
- Ezekiel 12:6
Before their eyes you will carry it on your shoulder; in the darkness you will bring it out; your face you will cover, and you will not see the land; for a wonder I have made you for the house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 12:7
And I did so, as I was commanded; my baggage I brought out as baggage for exile by day, and in the evening I dug for myself through the wall with my hand; in the darkness I brought it out; on my shoulder I carried it before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 12:12
And the chief who is in their midst will carry it on his shoulder in the darkness, and he will go out; they will dig through the wall to bring him out through it; his face he will cover, so that he will not see with his eye the land.