צַלְמָוֶת (ṣalmāwet) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning death-shadow. It appears
18 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6757).
Also rendered
shadow
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1921b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1921b)death-shadow, deep shadow; shade of death, grave, calamity; shadow of death
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
צַלְמָ֫וֶתnoun, masculine: death-shadow, deep shadow
death-shadow, deep shadow, poetic
Strong's H6757צַלְמָוֶת: shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity) KJV:shadow of death.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1921: צָלַלṣālal — be, grow dark; the gates of Jerusalem grew dark; a shadowing wood; shade; begin to be dark, shadowing