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ʿāv עָב ‘cloud’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿūv עוּב ‘to becloud’
Roots: עוב

ʿāv n, m
1) darkness, cloud, thicket
 1a) dark cloud
 1b) cloud mass
 1c) thicket (as refuge)

Mentioned in Exodus 19:9 Judges 5:4 2 Samuel 23:4, 22:12 1 Kings 18:44, 18:45 Isaiah 18:4, 44:22, 60:8, 19:1, 14:14, 5:6, 25:5 Jeremiah 4:29 Psalms 77:18, 147:8, 18:13, 104:3, 18:12 Proverbs 16:15 Job 37:11, 20:6, 36:29, 30:15, 26:8, 37:16, 22:14, 38:34 Ecclesiastes 12:2, 11:3, 11:4 2 Chronicles 4:17

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