5399. nesheph

Lexicon

nesheph: Twilight, dusk, dawn

Original Word: נֶשֶׁף
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: nesheph
Pronunciation: NEH-shehf
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-shef)
KJV: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight
NASB: twilight, dawn, dusky, evening
Word Origin: [from H5398 (נָשַׁף - blew)]

1. (properly) a breeze
2. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dark, dawning of the day morning, night, twilight

From nashaph; properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails) -- dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.

see HEBREW nashaph

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from nashaph
Definition
twilight
NASB Translation
dawn (2), dusky (1), evening (1), twilight (8).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נֶ֫שֶׁף noun masculine twilight (properly twilight-breeze, compare לְרוּחַ הַיּוֺם Genesis 3:8; Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 נְשֶׁף, נִשְׁמָּא; — ׳נ absolute 1 Samuel 30:17 +, נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16; construct Isaiah 21:4; suffix נִשְׁמּוֺ Job 3:9; —

1 evening twilight 2 Kings 7:5,7 (compare לַיְלָה 2 Kings 7:12); opposed to בֹּקֶר Isaiah 5:11; time of concealment Job 24:15; Proverbs 7:9 (+ עֶרֶב יוֺם, אִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה, to emphasize sin that shuns the day); of refreshing Isaiah 21:4 חִשְׁקִיׅ ׳(נ; of stumbling, in dim light Isaiah 59:10 (opposed to צָהֳרַיִם), so הָרֵי נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16 (both figurative); כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁמּוֺ Job 3:9 the stars of its twilight (i.e. of night of Job's birth). — so וְעַדהָֿעֶרֶב ׳מֵהַנּ לְמָחֳרָתָם 1 Samuel 30 Klo Kit HPS (read לְהַחֲרִמָם for ׳לְמָח, We Kit Bu); Th, after Luth, below so Buhl^Kex SS; Löhr allows either.

2 morning twilight Job 7:4 (opposed to עֶרֶב). apparently also Psalm 119:147.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־ בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף בַנֶּשֶׁף֒ בנשף בנשף־ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף כנשף מֵהַנֶּ֥שֶׁף מהנשף נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ נֶ֣שֶׁף נָ֑שֶׁף נָֽשֶׁף׃ נשף נשף׃ נשפו ḇan·ne·šep̄ ḇannešep̄ bə·ne·šep̄- bənešep̄- beneshef kan·ne·šep̄ kannešep̄ kanNeshef mê·han·ne·šep̄ mêhannešep̄ mehanNeshef nā·šep̄ nāšep̄ Nashef ne·šep̄ nešep̄ Neshef niš·pōw nishPo nišpōw vanNeshef

Englishman's Concordance

1 Samuel 30:17
HEB: וַיַּכֵּ֥ם דָּוִ֛ד מֵהַנֶּ֥שֶׁף וְעַד־ הָעֶ֖רֶב
NAS: slaughtered them from the twilight until
KJV: smote them from the twilight even unto the evening
INT: slaughtered David the twilight until the evening

2 Kings 7:5
HEB: וַיָּק֣וּמוּ בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף לָב֖וֹא אֶל־
NAS: They arose at twilight to go
KJV: And they rose up in the twilight, to go
INT: arose twilight to go to

2 Kings 7:7
HEB: וַיָּקוּמוּ֮ וַיָּנ֣וּסוּ בַנֶּשֶׁף֒ וַיַּעַזְב֣וּ אֶת־
NAS: and fled in the twilight, and left
KJV: and fled in the twilight, and left
INT: arose and fled the twilight and left their tents

Job 3:9
HEB: יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֪י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ יְקַו־ לְא֥וֹר
NAS: Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
KJV: Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark;
INT: be darkened the stars twilight wait light

Job 7:4
HEB: נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־ נָֽשֶׁף׃
NAS: tossing until dawn.
KJV: of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
INT: tossing until dawn

Job 24:15
HEB: נֹאֵ֨ף ׀ שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭אמֹר לֹא־
NAS: waits for the twilight, Saying,
KJV: waiteth for the twilight, saying,
INT: of the adulterer waits the twilight Saying No

Psalm 119:147
HEB: קִדַּ֣מְתִּי בַ֭נֶּשֶׁף וָאֲשַׁוֵּ֑עָה [לִדְבָרֶיךָ
NAS: I rise before dawn and cry for help;
KJV: I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried:
INT: rise dawn and cry act

Proverbs 7:9
HEB: בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־ בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם
NAS: In the twilight, in the evening,
KJV: In the twilight, in the evening,
INT: the twilight day In

Isaiah 5:11
HEB: יִרְדֹּ֑פוּ מְאַחֲרֵ֣י בַנֶּ֔שֶׁף יַ֖יִן יַדְלִיקֵֽם׃
NAS: Who stay up late in the evening that wine
KJV: that continue until night, [till] wine
INT: may pursue stay the evening wine may inflame

Isaiah 21:4
HEB: בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִי אֵ֚ת נֶ֣שֶׁף חִשְׁקִ֔י שָׂ֥ם
NAS: overwhelms me; The twilight I longed
KJV: affrighted me: the night of my pleasure
INT: horror overwhelms the twilight longed has been turned

Isaiah 59:10
HEB: כָּשַׁ֤לְנוּ בַֽצָּהֳרַ֙יִם֙ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁף בָּאַשְׁמַנִּ֖ים כַּמֵּתִֽים׃
NAS: at midday as in the twilight, Among those who are vigorous
KJV: at noonday as in the night; [we are] in desolate
INT: stumble midday the twilight who dead

Jeremiah 13:16
HEB: עַל־ הָ֣רֵי נָ֑שֶׁף וְקִוִּיתֶ֤ם לְאוֹר֙
NAS: stumble On the dusky mountains,
KJV: stumble upon the dark mountains,
INT: and mountains the dusky are hoping light

12 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5399
12 Occurrences

bə·ne·šep̄- — 1 Occ.
kan·ne·šep̄ — 1 Occ.
mê·han·ne·šep̄ — 1 Occ.
nā·šep̄ — 2 Occ.
ne·šep̄ — 2 Occ.
niš·pōw — 1 Occ.
ḇan·ne·šep̄ — 4 Occ.