חוֹשֶׁךְ

חשֶׁךְ, חוֹשֶׁךְm. (b. h.; חָשַׁךְ) darkness. Ex. R. s. 14. Ḥag.12a; a. v. fr.הָרֵי ח׳ Dark Mountains, behind which the Amazons live (Amazonici Mountes, v. Sm. Class. Dict. s. v.). Lev. R. s. 27; Pesik. Shor, p. 74a>; Tam.32a. (The Jewish legend relating the meeting of Alexander the Great with the Amazons seems to point to Africa, v. קרטגינא).