Jastrow: נֶשֶׁף

נֶשֶׁף m. (b. h.; נָשַׁף) [zephyr,] early morning; sunset. Keth. 111ᵇ קדמתי בנ׳ (fr. Ps. CXIX, 147) I got up early in the morning. Ber. 3ᵇ (ref. to Ps. l. c.) ממאי דהאי נ׳ אורתא וכ׳ how do we know that neshef means evening? (Answ. ref. to Prov. VII, 9). Ib. ונ׳ אורתא הוא הא נ׳ וכ׳ does neshef mean evening? does it not mean morning?—Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 2) הרי נ׳ the mountains of darkness. Lev. R. s. 23 אימתי נ׳ בא וכ׳ when will the dusk come, when the evening?; a. e.