צַלְמָ֫וֶתnoun [masculine]death-shadow, deep shadow, in poetry (probably=
צֵל +
מָוֶת,
ᵐ5. (usually)
σκιὰ θανάτου, compare
ᵑ6ᵑ9, so Thes Schw
Leben n. d. Tode, 194, see especially Nö
ZAW xvii (1897), 183 ff.; Ew Br and most modern (after older commentaries) read
צַלְמוּתdarkness, deep darkness, compare Arabic
IV, Assyrian [
ƒalâmu], Ethiopic
be black, dark);
**compare
darkness; We
Kl. Proph. ed. 3, 81 would read feminine plural
צְלָמוֺת, like
Qor 2:16; 2:18; and frequently. —
death-shadow, often ""
חשֶׁךְ,
לַיְלָה etc., and opposed to
בֹּקֶר,
אוֺר.
1=deep shadow, darkness (compare הַרְרֵי אֵל, אַרְזֵי אֵל): Amos 5:8; Job 3:5; Job 12:22; Job 24:17a Job 28:3; Job 34:22; of eyes heavy with weeping Job 16:16; ׳בַּלְהוֺת צJob 24:17b terrors of the darkness.
2 figurative
a. of distress Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 107:10; Psalm 107:14; ׳אֶרֶץ צIsaiah 9:1.
b. of extreme danger Jeremiah 2:6; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 44:20.
3 characterizing world of the dead, ׳אֶרֶץ חשֶׁךְ וצJob 10:21, ׳כְּמוֺ אֹפֶל צJob 10:22 (text dubious, see Bu Du); ׳וְשַׁעֲרֵי צJob 38:17 (ᵐ5πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου; "" שַׁעֲרֵימָֿ֑וֶת).
Strong's Hebrew: 6757. צַלְמָ֫וֶת (tsalmaveth) — 18 Occurrences
Job 3:5
HEB:יִגְאָלֻ֡הוּ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־ עָלָ֣יו
NAS: Let darkness and black gloom claim
KJV: Let darkness and the shadow of death stain
INT: claim darkness and black settle and
Job 10:21
HEB:אֶ֖רֶץ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
NAS: of darkness and deep shadow,
KJV: of darkness and the shadow of death;
INT: the land of darkness and deep
Job 10:22
HEB:כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים
NAS: as darkness [itself], Of deep shadow without
KJV: as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order,
INT: as darkness deep without order
Job 12:22
HEB:וַיֹּצֵ֖א לָא֣וֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃
NAS: And brings the deep darkness into light.
KJV: to light the shadow of death.
INT: and brings light the deep
Job 16:16
HEB:וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת׃
NAS: from weeping, And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
KJV: and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
INT: is on my eyelids and deep
Job 24:17
HEB:בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־ יַ֝כִּ֗יר
NAS: is the same to him as thick darkness,
KJV: [is] to them even as the shadow of death: if [one] know
INT: as the morning thick for is familiar
Job 24:17
HEB:יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃
NAS: to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar
KJV: [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
INT: is familiar the terrors darkness
Job 28:3
HEB:אֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣פֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
NAS: out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.
KJV: of darkness, and the shadow of death.
INT: the rock gloom and deep
Job 34:22
HEB:חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וְאֵ֣ין צַלְמָ֑וֶת לְהִסָּ֥תֶר שָׁ֝֗ם
NAS: darkness or deep shadow Where
KJV: [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers
INT: darkness is no deep may hide Where
Job 38:17
HEB:מָ֑וֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵ֖י צַלְמָ֣וֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃
NAS: the gates of deep darkness?
KJV: the doors of the shadow of death?
INT: of death the gates of deep seen
Psalm 23:4
HEB:אֵלֵ֨ךְ בְּגֵ֪יא צַלְמָ֡וֶת לֹא־ אִ֘ירָ֤א
NAS: through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear
KJV: through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear
INT: walk the valley of the shadow no fear
Psalm 44:19
HEB:וַתְּכַ֖ס עָלֵ֣ינוּ בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
NAS: And covered us with the shadow of death.
KJV: and covered us with the shadow of death.
INT: and covered with the shadow
Psalm 107:10
HEB:יֹ֭שְׁבֵי חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת אֲסִירֵ֖י עֳנִ֣י
NAS: in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners
KJV: in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound
INT: dwelt darkness the shadow Prisoners misery
Psalm 107:14
HEB:יֽ֭וֹצִיאֵם מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת וּמוֹסְר֖וֹתֵיהֶ֣ם יְנַתֵּֽק׃
NAS: them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke
KJV: of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake
INT: brought of darkness and the shadow their bands and broke
Isaiah 9:2
HEB:יֹשְׁבֵי֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ צַלְמָ֔וֶת א֖וֹר נָגַ֥הּ
NAS: Those who live in a dark land,
KJV: in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light
INT: live land A dark the light will shine
Jeremiah 2:6
HEB:בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ צִיָּ֣ה וְצַלְמָ֔וֶת בְּאֶ֗רֶץ לֹֽא־
NAS: of drought and of deep darkness, Through a land
KJV: of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land
INT: A land of drought deep A land no
Jeremiah 13:16
HEB:לְאוֹר֙ וְשָׂמָ֣הּ לְצַלְמָ֔וֶת [יָשִׁית כ]
NAS: He makes it into deep darkness, [And] turns
KJV: he turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make
INT: light makes deep apply gloom
Amos 5:8
HEB:וְהֹפֵ֤ךְ לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ צַלְמָ֔וֶת וְי֖וֹם לַ֣יְלָה
NAS: And changes deep darkness into morning,
KJV: and turneth the shadow of death into the morning,
INT: and changes morning deep day night
IV, Assyrian [ƒalâmu], Ethiopic 
be black, dark); **compare 
darkness; WeKl. Proph. ed. 3, 81 would read feminine plural צְלָמוֺת, like 
Qor 2:16; 2:18; and frequently. — death-shadow, often "" חשֶׁךְ, לַיְלָה etc., and opposed to בֹּקֶר, אוֺר.