Darkness of photography
The darkness is very frightening.
("Darkness and gloom shall cover him; a cloud shall cover him as the bitterest of days" - Job 3:5, and so: "But to hear her words at this hour... it seemed to me that we would indeed sit in darkness and gloom until then" - A. Amir/ Love of Saul, 100)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חֹושֶׁךְ צַלְמָוֶות
Definition (Hebrew)
חֹושֶׁךְ רַב הַמְּעוֹרֵר פַּחַד.
("יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּמְרִירֵי יוֹם"- אִיּוֹב ג ה, וְכֵן:"אֲבָל לְשֵׁמַע דְּבָרֶיהָ בַּשָּׁעָה הַזֹּאת...הָיָה נִדְמֶה לִי שֶׁבֶּאֱמֶת הָיִינוּ עַד כֹּה יֹשְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת"- א.עָמִיר/ אַהֲבַת שָׁאוּל, 100)