אֵפֹוא Gn 27:33 who, then , …? v 37 וּלְכָה אֵפֹוא מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה and for thee, then , what shall I do, my son? Ex 33:16 וּבַמֶּה יִוָּדַע אֵפֹוא and wherein shall it be known, then …? אַיֵּה אֵפֹוא where, then? Ju 9:38 Is 19:12 Jb 17:1 5; Ho 13:10 אֱהִי מַלְכְּךָ אֵפֹוא ; Is 22:1 מַה־לָּךְ אֵפֹוא what is there to thee, pray …? 2. in a command or wish: 2 K 10:10 דְּעוּ אֵפֹוא know, then; (in apod.) Pr 6:3 Jb 19: 6; Jb 19:23 מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפֹו וְיִכָּֽתְבוּן מִלָּי would, then , that my words were written! 3. after אִם , Gn 43:11 אִם־כֵּן אֵפֹוא זֹאת עֲשׂוּ if it be so, then , do this, Jb 9:24 if not then , who is it? 24:25 .

• אֲפִיחַ S 647 GK 688 n.pr.m. an ancestor of Saul 1 S 9:1 ( etymology & meaning dubious ) .

אפל TWOT 145 ( ^Arabic أَفَلَ ^(˒afala) disappear, depart, set (of the sun) ) ^.

• אֹ˜פֶל S 652 TWOT 145a GK 694 n.m. Jb 3:6 darkness, gloom (only poet.)— א׳ always abs. — 1. darkness , of night ψ 91:6 ( opp. צָֽהֳרָֽיִם ); deep in the earth, אֶבֶן א׳ Jb 28:3 ( || חֹשֶׁךְ , צַלְמָוֶת ); darkness, gloom of underworld Jb 10:22 ^(×2) ( || אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ , א׳ עֵיפָפָה , צַלְמָוֶת ); personif. Jb 3:6 that night—let darkness take it יִקָּחֵהוּ א׳ ; fig. of spiritual darkness Is 29:18 ( || חֹשֶׁךְ ); of secrecy, treachery ψ 11:2 . 2. especially fig. of calamity Jb 23:17 ( || חשׁך q.v .), 30:26 ( opp. אֹור ).

• אָפֵל S 651 TWOT 145b GK 695 adj. gloomy , of day of י׳ Am 5:20 ( || חשׁך ^{, opp.} נֹגַהּ ) cf. אֲפֵלָה .

• אֲפֵלָה S 653 TWOT 145c GK 696 n.f. darkness, gloominess, calamity — א׳ Ex 10:22 +; אֲפֵלָתְךָ Is 58:1 0; pl. אֲפֵלֹות Is 59: 9— 1. darkness Dt 28:29 Pr 7:9 ( || אִישֹׁון לַיְלָה ); of supernatural darkness in Egypt Ex 10:22 ; of day of י׳ ( cf. Am 5:20 sub אָפֵל ) Jo 2:2 Zp 1:15 (both || חשׁך , ענן , ערפל ) sim. of wickedness Je 23:12 Pr 4:1 9. 2. fig. of calamity Is 8:22 ( || חֲשֵׁכָה ), 58:10 ( || חשׁך , opp. צהרים ), 59:9 ( || id. , opp. נגהות ).

• [ אָפִיל S 648 TWOT 145d GK 689 ] adj. (darkened, concealed, thence) late, of crops;— אֲפִילֹת Ex 9:32 of wheat & spelt.