Proverbs 7:9
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נֶשֶׁף
nesheph
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
שָׁחֹר
shâchôr
properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶשֶׁף nesheph
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
Study H5399 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
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