dark, dawning of the day morning, night, twilight
From nashaph; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails) -- dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
see HEBREW nashaph
נֶ֫שֶׁףnoun masculinetwilight (properly
twilight-breeze, compare
לְרוּחַ הַיּוֺםGenesis 3:8; Late Hebrew id.;
ᵑ7נְשֶׁף,
נִשְׁמָּא; —
׳נ absolute
1 Samuel 30:17 +,
נָ֑שֶׁףJeremiah 13:16; construct
Isaiah 21:4; suffix
נִשְׁמּוֺJob 3:9; —
1evening twilight2 Kings 7:5,7 (compare לַיְלָה2 Kings 7:12); opposed to בֹּקֶרIsaiah 5:11; time of concealment Job 24:15; Proverbs 7:9 (+ עֶרֶב יוֺם, אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה, to emphasize sin that shuns the day); of refreshing Isaiah 21:4חִשְׁקִיׅ׳(נ; of stumbling, in dim light Isaiah 59:10 (opposed to צָהֳרַיִם), so הָרֵי נָ֑שֶׁףJeremiah 13:16 (both figurative); כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁמּוֺJob 3:9the stars of its twilight (i.e. of night of Job's birth). — so וְעַדהָֿעֶרֶב׳מֵהַנּלְמָחֳרָתָם1 Samuel 30 Klo Kit HPS (read לְהַחֲרִמָם for ׳לְמָח, We Kit Bu); Th, after Luth, below so BuhlKex SS; Löhr allows either.
2morning twilightJob 7:4 (opposed to עֶרֶב). apparently also Psalm 119:147.
Strong's Hebrew: 5399. נֶ֫שֶׁף (nesheph) — 12 Occurrences
1 Samuel 30:17
HEB:וַיַּכֵּ֥ם דָּוִ֛ד מֵהַנֶּ֥שֶׁף וְעַד־ הָעֶ֖רֶב
NAS: slaughtered them from the twilight until
KJV: smote them from the twilight even unto the evening
INT: slaughtered David the twilight until the evening
2 Kings 7:5
HEB: וַיָּק֣וּמוּ בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף לָב֖וֹא אֶל־
NAS: They arose at twilight to go
KJV: And they rose up in the twilight, to go
INT: arose twilight to go to
2 Kings 7:7
HEB:וַיָּקוּמוּ֮ וַיָּנ֣וּסוּ בַנֶּשֶׁף֒ וַיַּעַזְב֣וּ אֶת־
NAS: and fled in the twilight, and left
KJV: and fled in the twilight, and left
INT: arose and fled the twilight and left their tents
Job 3:9
HEB:יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֪י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ יְקַו־ לְא֥וֹר
NAS: Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
KJV: Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark;
INT: be darkened the stars twilight wait light
Job 7:4
HEB:נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־ נָֽשֶׁף׃
NAS: tossing until dawn.
KJV: of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
INT: tossing until dawn
Job 24:15
HEB:נֹאֵ֨ף ׀ שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭אמֹר לֹא־
NAS: waits for the twilight, Saying,
KJV: waiteth for the twilight, saying,
INT: of the adulterer waits the twilight Saying No
Psalm 119:147
HEB: קִדַּ֣מְתִּי בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף וָאֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָה [לִדְבָרֶיךָ
NAS: I rise before dawn and cry for help;
KJV: I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried:
INT: rise dawn and cry act
Proverbs 7:9
HEB: בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־ בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם
NAS:In the twilight, in the evening,
KJV:In the twilight, in the evening,
INT:the twilight day In
Isaiah 5:11
HEB:יִרְדֹּ֑פוּ מְאַחֲרֵ֣י בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף יַ֖יִן יַדְלִיקֵֽם׃
NAS: Who stay up late in the evening that wine
KJV: that continue until night, [till] wine
INT: may pursue stay the evening wine may inflame
Isaiah 21:4
HEB:בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִי אֵ֚ת נֶ֣שֶׁף חִשְׁקִ֔י שָׂ֥ם
NAS: overwhelms me; The twilight I longed
KJV: affrighted me: the night of my pleasure
INT: horror overwhelms the twilight longed has been turned
Isaiah 59:10
HEB:כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים כַּמֵּתִֽים׃
NAS: at midday as in the twilight, Among those who are vigorous
KJV: at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate
INT: stumble midday the twilight who dead
Jeremiah 13:16
HEB:עַל־ הָ֣רֵי נָ֑שֶׁף וְקִוִּיתֶ֤ם לְאוֹר֙
NAS: stumble On the dusky mountains,
KJV: stumble upon the dark mountains,
INT: and mountains the dusky are hoping light
