He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
(Job 28:3) KJV
Darkness: לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ – choshek
- fut. – to be or become obscure, dark.
- Hiph.
- to darken, make dark, obscure.
- to cause darkness, Ps. 139:12; Je. 13:16.
- adj. masc., pl. obscure, mean, Pr. 22:29
- masc. dec. 6c. –
- darkness
- calamity, misery.
- ignorance, Job 37:19.
During the formation of planet Earth, the action of the particles moving to form the core of the Earth is pictured in the sense of sinking into darkness and obscurity.
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