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maḥšāxᵊ מַחְשָׁךְ ‘dark’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥāšax חָשַׁךְ ‘to darken’
Roots: חשׁך

maḥšāxᵊ n, m
1) dark place, darkness, secrecy
 1a) hiding-place
 1b) dark region
 1c) grave

Mentioned in Isaiah 42:16, 29:15 Psalms 88:19, 143:3, 74:20, 88:7 Lamentations 3:6

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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