Death-like shadow: וְצַלְמָֽוֶת – tsalmaveth

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) KJV

Mass sinks in time, into stratified layers of sediment: a solid core on fire in the darkness, sunk in the shadow of death.

(Job 28:3) MP Technical Paraphrase

The shadow of death: וְצַלְמָֽוֶת – tsalmaveth [death-like shadow, deep shadow] meaning to roll or tumble down. i.e. sink, sinking in the shadow of death.

Death-like shadow: וְצַלְמָֽוֶת – tsalmaveth

• Root not used; Arab. to be obscure, dark; Syr. to figure, delineate.
  1. to tingle, of the ears; trop. of the lips, to quiver, Hab. 3:16, Hiph. to tingle, 1 Sa. 3:11.
  2. Kal to roll or tumble down. i.e. sink, Ex. 15:10
  3. Kal to be shaded, dark, Ne. 13:19.
• Hiph. to shadow, Eze. 31:3.

Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page DCXLV

[and the shadow of death] Death-like shadow: וְצַלְמָֽוֶת – tsalmaveth

Let’s finish up. The last word is another interesting one which connects us to all the meaning that we have built into our narrative. The word is listed under a root meaning to be obscure, dark, with the note that it also occurs under a root which means, among other things, to sink. Gravity again. Means to roll or tumble down. i.e. sink Sinking in the shadow of death.

Hebrew Gravity Concepts

Usage	Hebrew	Transliteration	Scripture	Post
Descending	יֹ֝רְד֗וֹת	yoredot	Proverbs 7:27
He hath established	מֵכִ֥ין	mechin	Jer. 10:12, 51:15	2/4
Setteth	שָׂ֤ם	sum	Job 28:3	2/5
Setteth fast	מֵכִ֥ין	mechin	Psalms 65:6	2/4
Thereof fastened	טָבַע	taba	Job 38:4	2/3
They sank	וְצַלְמָֽוֶת	tsalmaveth	Exodus 15:10	2/5
To sink, sank	יִמַּ֣ךְ	makak	Ec. 10:18	2/4
Were settled	טָבַע	taba	Proverbs 8:25	2/3

Job 28:3 Translation

Hebrew	Literal Translation	Meaning	Transliteration
		Gravity as a Process
קֵ֤ץ	An end	at the end of time	qets
שָׂ֤ם	[Man] puts	to put, place, set	sum
לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ	to darkness	darkness	choshek
וּֽלְכָל	and every	to hang together	ulekal
תַּ֭כְלִית	recess	shell	taklit
ה֣וּא	he	he, she, it	hi
חוֹקֵ֑ר	searches	surround	chagar
אֶ֖בֶן	for ore	a stone	eben
אֹ֣פֶל	in the darkness	gloom of the underworld	ophel
וְצַלְמָֽוֶת	and the shadow of death	death-like shadow	tsalmaveth
		Job 28:3 Translation
		Salvation

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