I. עַ֫יִן 859 noun feminineGenesis 3:7 and (
Zechariah 3:9;
4:10 Albr
ZAW xvi (1896), 75)
masculine eye (ancient Semitic word; √ and relation to II.
ע׳ unknown; Late Hebrew
id.; Phoenician
ען;
עֵינָא,
עַיְינָא Palmyrene
עינא Zinjirli suffix
עיני,
עינך Syriac
; Assyrian
ênu,
enu, Tel Amarna suffix
inaya and (apparently Canaanite gloss
ḫinaya; Arabic
; Ethiopic
); — absolute
ע׳ Exodus 21:4 +, construct
עֵין Exodus 21:26 +; suffix
עֵינִי Genesis 44:21 + (
2 Samuel 16:12 read
עָנְיִי Vrss Comm.),
עֵינְךָ Deuteronomy 7:16 +,
עֵינֵנוּ Psalm 35:21 (
2 Samuel 20:6 see
נצל Hiph.); suffix
3rd person masculine plural עֵינָם Isaiah 13:18 (
Zechariah 5:6 read
עֲוֺנָם We Gr Now),
עֵינֵמוֺ Psalm 73:7 (but read
עֲוֺנָמוֺ see Commentaries); usually dual
עֵינַיִם Genesis 20:16 +,
עֵינָ֑יִם Isaiah 3:16 +, especially construct
עֵינֵי Genesis 3:7 +,
עֵנֵי Isaiah 3:8; suffix
עֵינַי Genesis 31:10 +,
עֵינֶיךָ Judges 6:17 +, etc. (
Hosea 10:10 read
עֲוֺנֹתָם compare
Che We Gr Now); —
eye:
1. literally as physical organ,
g. as affected by sleep, see שֵׁנָה below [יָשֵׁן].
i. as growing dim, see I.
כָּהָה,
חָשַׁךְ 3; with
כָּבֵד Genesis 48:10 (E),
קוּם 1 Samuel 4:15;
1 Kings 14:4,
שָׁעַע Isaiah 32:3;
Isaiah 6:10 (Hiph.); with
כָּלָה pine, languish, see
כ׳ Qal 2 b, Pi. 2 b, with
דָּאַב Psalm 88:10,
עָשַׁשׁ Psalm 6:8;
Psalm 31:10,
דָּלַל Isaiah 38:14.
j. with
פָּקַח open, after sleep
Job 27:19, sleep of death
2 Kings 4:35; =
keep awake Proverbs 20:13 (opposed to
שֵׁנָה); of new power of vision
Genesis 3:5,
7 (J), given by God
Genesis 21:19 (E),
2 Kings 6:17 (twice in verse); so (with
וַיְגַל)
Numbers 22:31 (JE); =
give sight to blind
2 Kings 6:20 (twice in verse);
Isaiah 35:5;
Isaiah 42:7;
Psalm 146:8; of God (
י׳) opening his eyes,
ע׳ פָּקַח 2 Kings 19:16 =
Isaiah 37:17;
Daniel 9:18, +
עַלֿ Jeremiah 32:19;
Zechariah 12:4;
Job 14:3; with
פָּתַח, +
אֶל־ 1 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 6:20;
1 Kings 8:52;
Nehemiah 1:6, +
ל Nehemiah 1:40;
Nehemiah 7:15; + infinitive
Nehemiah 1:6. —
Numbers 24:3,
15 see
שׁתם
k. אוֺר ע׳ etc., = revive, see אור verb Qal, Hiph.; noun, 10.
†m. יִרְזְמוּן ע׳ Job 15:12 i.e.
roll (in anger).
n. ל׳ לָטַשׁ ע׳ Job 16:9 whet eyes against = 'look daggers at.'
o. put out eye, see עִוֵּר, נקר
q. apple of the eye, see אִישׁוֺן, [בָּבָה], בַּת 6.
2.
3. Figurative of mental and spiritual faculties, acts and states:
c. especially
בְּעֵינֵי, with adjective and intransitive verbs,
in the view, opinion, of Genesis 16:4,
5 (J),
Genesis 21:11,
12 (E),
Genesis 34:18 (P), + often; with active verb
2 Samuel 10:3 =
1 Chronicles 19:3;
Esther 1:17;
Esther 3:6;
הַטּוֺב בְּע׳ Genesis 16:6;
Genesis 19:14 (J), +, i.e. what one pleases,
Numbers 36:6 (P) whom they please;
הַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 12:8,
25 +,
הַטּוֺב וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 12:28;
Joshua 9:25 (D),
הָרַע בְּע׳ Judges 2:11;
Judges 3:7;
Deuteronomy 4:25 + especially D and K (R
D); so
לְנֶגֶד עיניו 2 Samuel 22:25 =
Psalm 18:25;
אַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם Numbers 15:39 = according to your wish, fancy (+
לְבַבְכֶם).
4. Transferred meanings:
5. Other phrases are:
תַּחַת ע׳ ע׳ Exodus 21:24 (E) =
Leviticus 24:20 (H), =
בְּע׳ ע׳ Deuteronomy 19:21, all =
an eye for an eye;
בְּע׳ ע׳ =
eye to eye,
Numbers 14:14 (P)
Isaiah 52:8 (figurative), compare
תִּרְאֶינָה אֶתעֿ׳ וְע׳ Jeremiah 32:4;
Jeremiah 34:3; especially
לְעֵינֵי in the presence of, in full view of Genesis 42:24 (E)
Genesis 47:19 (J)
Exodus 4:30 (J)
Numbers 19:5 (P), + oft; of business transaction
Jeremiah 32:12 (twice in verse);
Genesis 23:11,
18 (P); so
נֶגֶד ע׳ Joel 1:16,
לְנֶגֶד ע׳ Job 4:16, and even
בְּע׳ 1 Samuel 21:14;
Ezra 3:12;
נִגְרַזְתּי מִנֶּגֶד ע׳ Psalm 31:23;
בֵּין ע׳ =
on the forehead Exodus 13:9,
16 (JE)
Deuteronomy 6:8;
Deuteronomy 11:18;
Deuteronomy 14:1;
Daniel 8:5,
21.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H5870.
† II. עַ֫יִן noun feminine spring (of water) (connection with I.
ע׳ dubious; Late Hebrew
id., Phoenician
ען; Assyrian
ênu, înu; Arabic
; Ethiopic
; Palmyrene
עינא,
עֵינָא,
עַיְינָא; Syriac
); — absolute
ע׳ 1 Samuel 29:1 +,
עָ֑יִן Genesis 49:22 +,
הָעַ֫יְנָה Genesis 24:16,
45; construct
עֵין Genesis 24:13 +; plural
עֲיָנֹת Deuteronomy 8:7,
־וֹת 2 Chronicles 32:3; construct
עֵינוֺת Exodus 15:27 =
Numbers 33:9,
עִינוֺת Proverbs 8:28 (Ges
§ 93 v); —
spring Genesis 16:7;
Genesis 24:16,
29,
30,
42,
45 (all J)
Genesis 49:22 (poem in J),
1 Samuel 29:1;
עֵין חַמַּיִם Genesis 16:7;
Genesis 24:13,
43 (J), compare
Exodus 15:27 (J)
Numbers 33:9 (P);
נַחֲלֵי מַיִם ע׳ וּתְחֹמֹת Deuteronomy 8:7;
מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:3;
תְּהוֺם ְ׳ Proverbs 8:28 (i.e. of the sea); figurative
עֵין יַעֲקֹב Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem), i.e. Jacob's descendants. Particular springs are:
a. חֲרֹד ע׳ [
H5878 Judges 7:1] (on location compare GFM).
b. הַקּוֺרֵא ע׳ (
partridge-spring) [
H5875 Judges 15:19] (compare
id.).
c. רֹגֵּל ע׳ near Jerusalem (early sanctuary RS
Sem i. 157, 2nd ed. 172)
[
H5883 2 Samuel 17:17 compare 1 Kings 1:9, on border of Judah Joshua 15:7, and Benjamin Joshua 18:16].
d. הַתַּנִּין ע׳ (
dragon-spring) [
H5886 Nehemiah 2:13] (=
c ? so RS
l.c.).—
On
שַׁעַר הָעַיִן Nehemiah 2:14;
Nehemiah 3:15;
Nehemiah 12:37 see
H8179 שַׁעַר
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