cha.shakh describes becoming dark or making light, day, or visible conditions dark; it can also describe obscuring counsel.

The verb most often marks light, day, land, celestial bodies, or visible features becoming dark or being made dark; the supplied verses also show a figurative use for obscuring counsel by uninformed words.

1. Darkening of light and visible conditions · dominant

   The Qal and Hiphil forms occur where daylight, celestial light, land, or other visible conditions become dark or are made dark. In Amos 5:8 the APB renders the clause as one that turns day into night; in Amos 8:9 it renders the earth darkened in broad daylight, while Isaiah 13:10 and Job 3:9 describe the sun, moon, and twilight stars lacking or losing light.

   Amos 5:8Amos 8:9Isaiah 13:10Job 3:9Exodus 10:15Micah 3:6
2. Obscuring counsel · rare

   In Job 38:2, the Hiphil active participle identifies someone who darkens counsel through words without knowledge. The clause applies the verb to counsel rather than to a physical source of light.

   Job 38:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB variously uses “darkens,” “grow dark,” “darkened,” and “made it dark.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall presentation rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.