To act in the dark

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To act in the dark

To act in the dark

Under the cover of darkness; figuratively: in secret. Did things in concealment.

(“Hide me in the pit, in the depths, in the darkness” – Psalms 142:7; and: “Woe to those who devise evil in secret from the Lord, and their deeds are in darkness, and they say: Who sees us and who knows us?” – Isaiah 29:15; and: “And to my eyes appeared a prince of the night— that is: darkness, blackness, silence, shadow and end” – H.N. Bialik / Razi Laila; and: “They may delight in abundance, peace, wealth and honor, and I and my house sit in darkness” – Abraham Mapu / Eit Tzavua, p. 21; and: “We are always first / in daylight and in darkness” – Zerubavel Gilad / Palmach Anthem)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּמַחְשַׁכִּים, בַּמַּחְשָׁךְ (עָשָׂה מַעֲשָׂיו בַּמַּחְשָׁךְ)

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּחָסוּת הַחֲשֵׁכָה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בְּמִסְתּוֹר. עֲשֵׂה דְּבָרִים בַּסֵּתֶר.

("שַׁתַּנִי בְּבוֹר תַּחְתִּיּוֹת בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים בִּמְצֹלוֹת"- תְּהִלִּים פח ז, וְכֵן: "הוֹי הַמַּעֲמִיקִים מֶה' לַסְתִּר עֵצָה וְהָיָה בְמַחְשָׁךְ מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם וַיֹּאמְרוּ מִי רֹאֵנוּ וּמִי יוֹדְעֵנוּ"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ כט טו, וְכֵן: "וּלְעֵינַי נִגְלָה שַׂר שֶׁל לַיְלָה- כְּלוֹמַר:/ מַחְשַׁכִּים, שָׁחֹר, דּוּמִיָּה, צֵל וְגוֹמֵר"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ רָזֵי לַיְלָה, וְכֵן: "הֵמָּה יִתְעַנְּגוּ עַל רֹב שָׁלוֹם עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד, וְאָנֹכִי וּבֵיתִי יוֹשְׁבִים בַּמַּחְשַׁכִּים"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 21, וְכֵן: "רִאשׁוֹנִים תָּמִיד אֲנַחְנוּ/ לְאוֹר הַיּוֹם וּבַמַּחְשָׁךְ"- זְרֻבָּבֶל גִּלְעָד/ הִמְנוֹן הַפַּלְמָ"ח)

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