חשֶׁךְ, חוֹשֶׁךְ m. (b. h.; חָשַׁךְ) darkness. Ex. R. s. 14. Ḥag. 12ᵃ; a. v. fr.—הָרֵי ח׳ Dark Mountains, behind which the Amazons live (Amazonici Mountes, v. Sm. Class. Dict. s. v.). Lev. R. s. 27; Pesik. Shor, p. 74ᵃ; Tam. 32ᵃ. [The Jewish legend relating the meeting of Alexander the Great with the Amazons seems to point to Africa, v. קרטגינא).
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חשֶׁךְ , חוֹשֶׁךְ m. (b. h.; חָשַׁךְ ) darkness . Ex. R. s. 14 . Ḥag. 12ᵃ ; a. v. fr.—הָרֵי ח׳ Dark Mountains , behind which the Amazons live (…
References
- Jastrow, חָשַׁךְ 1
- Shemot Rabbah 14:3
- Chagigah 12a:7
- Vayikra Rabbah 27:1
- Tamid 32a:16
- Jastrow, קַרְטְגינָא 1