Genesis 15:17
וַ יְהִי הַ שֶּׁמֶשׁ בָּאָה וַ עֲלָטָה הָיָה וְ הִנֵּה תַנּוּר עָשָׁן וְ לַפִּיד אֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָבַר בֵּין הַ גְּזָרִים הָ אֵלֶּה
And he is becoming the Sun, she-who-comes,577 and a veiled-one578 he has become and behold, a fire-pot of smoke579 and a torch of fire which has crossed-over between the Pieces of These ones.580
| 578 | Strong’s #5939, alatah, עֲלָטָ֖ה, noun feminine. Veiled-one. Appears four times in the scriptures, from an unused verb to be veiled, covered, concealed. Cf. Fuerst. Assumed by translators to mean thick darkness. Gesenius notes a meaning related to thick. |