af-ay-law'
feminine of 651; duskiness, figuratively, misfortune;
concrete, concealment:--dark, darkness, gloominess, X thick.
see Hebrew for [0651]
And they shall look [05027] unto the earth [0776]; and behold trouble [06869] and darkness [02825], dimness [04588] of anguish [06695]; and they shall be driven [05080] to darkness [0653].
And if thou draw out [06329] thy soul [05315] to the hungry [07457], and satisfy [07646] the afflicted [06031] soul [05315]; then shall thy light [0216] rise [02224] in obscurity [02822], and thy darkness [0653] be as the noonday [06672]:
Therefore is judgment [04941] far [07368] from us, neither doth justice [06666] overtake [05381] us: we wait [06960] for light [0216], but behold obscurity [02822]; for brightness [05054], but we walk [01980] in darkness [0653].