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# blackness

noun (no plural)

«blackness» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The state of being very dark or black, with little or no light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackness/#m1)

### In the lessons

the deep dark of a night, a cave, or a forest, where nothing can be seen; in tales, a place where things move unseen.

### Examples

- We could see nothing in the blackness of the cave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackness/#x1)
- The owl flew out of the blackness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackness/#x2)
- Stars shone far above in the blackness of the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackness/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

the deep dark of a night, a cave, or a forest, where nothing can be seen; in tales, a place where things move unseen.

### Examples

- I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. (Prophets ISA.50.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blackness/#x1)
- At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces have gathered blackness. (Prophets JOL.2.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blackness/#x2)
- In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness. (Writings PRO.7.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blackness/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blackness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blackness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blackness.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «blackness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blackness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blackness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/blackness.html) on Mova free.