צַלְמָ֫וֶת (tsal.ma.vet) means “shadow” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: tsal-maw'-veth Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
צַלְמָ֫וֶת · tsal.ma.vet · shadow
1) death-shadow, deep shadow, deep darkness, shadow of death 1a) death-shadow 1b) death-shadow, deep shadow, darkness 1c) death-shadow (of distress, extreme danger) (fig) 1d) death-shadow (of place of the dead) (fig)
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from H6738 (צֵל) and H4194 (מָוֶת); shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)
KJV glosses: shadow of death.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of the shadow of death | 3 |
| and gloom | 2 |
| and darkness | 1 |
| and deep shadows | 1 |
| and in the shadow of death | 1 |
| and the shadow of death | 1 |
| darkness | 1 |
| deep darkness | 1 |
| deep shadow | 1 |
| deep shadows | 1 |
| into deep gloom | 1 |
| of darkness | 1 |
| of deep shadow | 1 |
| with deepest darkness | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of the shadow of death | 5 |
| and the shadow of death | 4 |
| the shadow of death | 4 |
| and in the shadow of death | 1 |
| and of the shadow of death | 1 |
| it into the shadow of death | 1 |
| nor shadow of death | 1 |
| us with the shadow of death | 1 |
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May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Read word by wordbefore I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
Read word by wordto a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Read word by wordHe reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Read word by wordMy face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
Read word by wordFor to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
Read word by wordMan puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
Read word by wordThere is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
Read word by wordHave the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Read word by wordEven though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Read word by wordBut You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 44.20
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Read word by wordHe brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
Read word by wordThe people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.1
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
Read word by wordGive glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
Read word by wordHe who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
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