Evildoers/ (to walk in darkness)
A designation for people living in lack of knowledge. The erring wander in their way.
("The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwell in the land of darkness, a light has risen upon them" - Isaiah 9:1, and so on: "And the Lord will bless you and your Lord, whose light has risen upon those who walk in darkness" - Abraham Mapu/Ayt Tsebua, 108, and so on: "But the men of the flag from among the multitude of the people were like those who walked "In the Darkness" - Y. Burla/Yusufem, 264)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַהוֹלְכִים בַּחֹשֶׁךְ (הָלַךְ בַּחֹשֶׁךְ)
Definition (Hebrew)
כִּנּוּי לַאֲנָשִׁים הַחַיִּים בְּחֹסֶר דַּעַת. טוֹעִים הַתּוֹעִים בְּדַרְכָּם.
("הָעָם הַהֹלְכִים בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רָאוּ אוֹר גָּדוֹל, יֹשְׁבֵי בְּאֶרֶץ צַלְמָוֶת אוֹר נָגַהּ עֲלֵיהֶם"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ ט א, וְכֵן: "וָהּ' יְבָרֵךְ אוֹתָךְ וְאֶת אֲדוֹנֶיךָ הָאַדִּיר אֲשֶׁר אוֹרוֹ זָרוּעַ לַהוֹלְכִים בַּחֹשֶׁךְ"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 108, וְכֵן:"אֲבָל אַנְשֵׁי דג"ל מִבְּנֵי הֲמוֹן הָעָם הָיוּ כְּהוֹלְכִים בַּחֹשֶׁךְ"-י.בּוּרְלָא/יְסוּפֵם, 264)