valley of the shadow of death en · NOUN
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Etymology
From Psalm 23 of the Book of Psalms. "Shadow of death" is a calque of Hebrew צלמות.
Meanings
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The world, a place where darkness and death are figurative valleys one must walk through as part of the human experience.
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death / I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
1995, “Gangsta's Paradise”, performed by Coolio, →OCLC:Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death, I will feare no euill: for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staffe, they comfort me.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 23:4:
- (broadly, idiomatic) A very dangerous place.
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Translations (10)
fi kuoleman varjon laakso (biblical phrase) · ja 死の陰の谷 (biblical phrase) · la in mediō umbrae mortis (biblical phrase) · he גיא צלמות (biblical phrase) · cmn 死蔭的幽谷 /死荫的幽谷 (biblical phrase) · es valle de sombra de muerte (biblical phrase) · sv dödsskuggans dal (biblical phrase) · de das finstere Tal (biblical phrase) · pt vale da sombra da morte (biblical phrase) · grc ἐν μέσῳ σκιᾶς θανάτου (biblical phrase)