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.
- to tingle, of the ears; trop. of the lips, to quiver, Hab. 3:16, Hiph. to tingle, 1 Sa. 3:11.
- Kal to roll or tumble down. i.e. sink, Ex. 15:10
- Kal to be shaded, dark, Ne. 13:19.
- Hiph. to shadow, Eze. 31:3.
Davidson Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon page DCXLV
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