עֲרָפֶל m. (b. h.; v. עָרַף 2) cloud; spray; mist; ʿĂrafel, the lower sky. Ḥag. 12ᵇ חשך ענן וע׳ וכ׳ darkness, cloud, and mist surround him. Tanḥ. Vayera 23 פתח הקב"ה את הרקיע ואת הע׳ the Lord opened the sky and the ʿărafel. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 (ref. to בעב הענן, Ex. XIX, 9) בענן עבה ואיזה זה ע׳ in a thick cloud; and what is this? This is ʿărafel; a. e.
עֲרָפֶל
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עֲרָפֶל m. (b. h.; v. עָרַף 2) cloud; spray; mist; ʿĂrafel , the lower sky. Ḥag. 12ᵇ חשך ענן וע׳ וכ׳ darkness, cloud, and mist surround him. Tanḥ.…
References
- Jastrow, עָרַף 1
- Chagigah 12b:15
- Exodus 19:9