נֶשֶׁף
nešep̲

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning twilight
Literal translation twilight
Variants
נֶשֶׁף nešep̲
Edited by
twilight time interval

וַיַּכֵּ֥ם דָּוִ֛ד מֵהַנֶּ֥שֶׁף וְעַד־הָעֶ֖רֶב לְמָֽחֳרָתָ֑ם וְלֹֽא־נִמְלַ֤ט מֵהֶם֙ אִ֔ישׁ כִּי֩ אִם־אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֧וֹת אִֽישׁ־נַ֛עַר אֲשֶׁר־רָכְב֥וּ עַל־הַגְּמַלִּ֖ים וַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃

wayyakkēm dāwid̲ mēhannešep̲ wəʿad̲-hāʿereb̲ ləmoḥŏrāt̲ām wəlōʾ-nimlaṭ mēhem ʾîš kî ʾim-ʾarbaʿ mēʾôt̲ ʾîš-naʿar ʾăšer-rāk̲əb̲û ʿal-haggəmallîm wayyānusû.

‘David attacked them from before dawn until the evening of the next day; none of them escaped, except four hundred young men who mounted camels and got away.’

— 1 Samuel 30 17

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Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). נֶשֶׁף (Lemma #2569). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2569/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). נֶשֶׁף (Lemma #2569). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2569/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). נֶשֶׁף (Lemma #2569). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2569/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) נֶשֶׁף (Lemma #2569), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2569/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2569,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {נֶשֶׁף ({Lemma} #2569)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2569/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2569/},
}