Terror and dread, great darkness
Very great fear. Dread.
("Terror and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of Your arm they shall be as still as a stone, till Your people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, whom You have purchased" - Exodus 15:16; and: "And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him" - Genesis 15:12)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אֵימָה וָפַחַד, אֵימָה חֲשֵׁכָה
Definition (Hebrew)
פַּחַד גָּדוֹל מְאוֹד. בְּעָתָה.
("תִּפֹּל עֲלֵיהֶם אֵימָתָה וָפַחַד בִּגְדֹל זְרוֹעֲךָ יִדְּמוּ כָּאָבֶן עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ ה' עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ"- שְׁמוֹת טוּ טז, וְכֵן:"וַיְהִי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לָבוֹא וְתַרְדֵּמָה נָפְלָה עַל אַבְרָם וְהִנֵּה אֵימָה חֲשֵׁכָה גְדֹלָה נֹפֶלֶת עָלָיו"- בְּרֵאשִׁית טוּ יב)