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נְגֹהָה
ne.go.hah
H5054
H:N-F Hebrew

brightness

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ne.go.hah denotes sought-for brightness set against the darkness through which the speakers walk.

The attested use presents brightness as what is sought while the speakers instead walk in darknesses.

Senses in use

  1. Brightness sought amid darkness · dominant

    In Isaiah 59:9, the plural absolute noun occurs in the clause contrasting the search for brightness with walking in darknesses; the APB renders the verse, "for brightness we walk in darknesses."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 59:9, the APB presents the clause as "for brightness we walk in darknesses." The noun's individual English correspondence cannot be isolated beyond this clause.

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