alata · thick darkness

What it means

alata (עֲלָטָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “thick darkness”.

Dusk.

How to say it

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

1. 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×1
• Ezekiel×3

• 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.