Egyptian darkness

English Etymology en ine-pro *dʰerg- From en Egyptian a darkness 1 endocentric, referring to the ninth of the ten Plagues of Egypt which God inflicted on the Egyptians to convince the Pharaoh to free the enslaved Israelites, described in Exodus 10:21–23 of the Bible (King James Version, spelling modernized): “And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.”Exodus 10 21–23 [F5] 146 2 And the Lord ſaid vnto Moſes, Stretch out thine hand toward heauen, that there may be darkeneſſe ouer the land of Egypt, euen darkenes which may be felt. And Moſes ſtretched foorth his hand toward heauen: and there was a thicke darkeneſſe in all the land of Egypt three dayes. They saw not one another, neither roſe any from his place for three dayes: but all the children of Iſrael had light in their dwellings. Pronunciation en /ɪˌd͡ʒɪpʃn̩ ˈdɑːknəs/ RP en /əˌd͡ʒɪpʃən ˈdɑɹknəs/ GA en ɑː(ɹ)knəs 5 en Egypt ian dark ness Noun - en dated Very intense darkness; pitch darkness. en 1933 Dorothy Sayers Murder Must Advertise Harcourt, Brace 146 Except for the shaft of light thrown by her own headlamps, the darkness was Egyptian. en 1970 Margarete Orga The House on the Fontanka Kimber 67 'An Egyptian darkness,' Demyan Lukich remarked, lifting the blind a little. Related terms en dark as Egypt Translations very intense darkness (cognates) pitch darkness Arabic: ar ظلام دامس m ẓalām dāmis Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 漆黑一片 qī hēi yī piàn a sheet of lacquer black idiom Hindi: hi घोर अंधकार m Japanese: ja 一寸先は闇 issunsaki wa yami one inch ahead is total darkness idiom, ja 暗黒 ankoku Polish: pl egipskie ciemności nv-p Russian: ru тьма еги́петская f See also egy kkw the Egyptian word for "darkness" References en adjective-noun compound nouns terms derived from the Bible en Darkness Ancient Egypt