עַפְעַפִּים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6079

eyelid — used 10 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

eyelid tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עַפְעַף: n.m. eyelid tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Je 9:17 eyelid (NH id.; from fluttering?);—only du. cstr. (v. infr.) and sf. עַפְעַפַּי Jb 16:16 ψ 132:4, עַפְעַפֶּיךָ Pr 4:25; 6:4, etc.;—eyelids, usually nearly = eyes (6 times ‖ עֵינַיִם), as weeping, עַפְעַפֵּינוּ Je 9:17; closed in sleep ψ 132:4 Pr 6:4, cf. of צַלְמָוֶת Jb 16:16; looking Pr 4:25 cf. ψ 11:4 (of י׳, testing men); used seductively by wanton women Pr 6:25; raised, in arrogance (‘superciliousness’) 30:13; fig. עַפְעַפֵּי־שָׁ֑חַר Jb 3:9 eyelids of dawn, break of dawn, 41:10 (sim.).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: eyelids (10).

In the verses

Proverbs 30:13 · tree →

דּ֭וֹר מָה־רָמ֣וּ עֵינָ֑יו וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יו יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ׃

Word for word: a.generation how! they.are.raised eyes its and eyelids its they.are.lifted.up

JPS 1917: There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

Job 16:16 · tree →

פָּנַ֣י חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי־בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת׃

Word for word: face my they.are.reddened from weeping and.[is] on eyelids my deep.darkness

JPS 1917: My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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