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Strong's #5869 - עַיִן
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- eye
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- of physical eye
- as showing mental qualities
- of mental and spiritual faculties (figuratively)
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1359) no (אהנ AhN) AC: Watch CO: Eye AB: Affliction: The pictograph o is a picture of the eye, the n is a picture of a seed representing continuance. Combined these mean "eye of continuance". The nomadic agriculturist carefully watches over his livestock and crops by keeping a close eye on them. It was common to construct a shelter consisting of a roof on four posts, as a shelter from the glare of the sun. (eng: eye - with the removal of the n)
A) no (אהנ AhN) AC: Watch CO: Furrow AB: Affliction: A watching over something of importance. The furrow formed between the eyes when intently looking or from depression. A cloud as a covering that provides shade.
Nf3) tfno (אהנות AhNWT) - Affliction: An oppression or depression. KJV (1): affliction - Strongs: H6039 (עֱנוּת)
am) nom (מאהנ MAhN) - That: A close watching. [Always used with the prefix l meaning "to"] KJV (10): that, to, for, because, lest, intent - Strongs: H4616 (מַעַן)
af1 ) enom (מאהנה MAhNH) - Furrow: A depression in the ground. KJV (3): acre, furrow - Strongs: H4618 (מַעֲנָה)
fm) ino (אהני AhNY) - Affliction: One who is oppressed or depressed. Also the oppression or depression. KJV (120): affliction, trouble, poor, lowly, man - Strongs: H6040 (עֳנִי), H6041 (עָנִי)
iff2) tinot (תאהנית TAhNYT) - Fasting: Through the idea of affliction. KJV (1): heaviness - Strongs: H8589 (תַּעֲנִית)
B) nno (אהננ AhNN) AC: Watch CO: Cloud AB: ?: A watching over something of importance.
V) nno (אהננ AhNN) - Watch: KJV (11): (vf: Piel, Participle) observer, soothsayer, bring, sorceress, enchanter - Strongs: H6049 (עָנַן)
Nm) nno (אהננ AhNN) - Cloud: As watched to tell the weather. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (88): cloud - Strongs: H6050 (עֲנָן), H6051 (עָנָן)
Nf1) enno (אהננה AhNNH) - Cloud: As watched to tell the weather. KJV (1): cloud - Strongs: H6053 (עֲנָנָה)
bm) nino (אהנינ AhNYN) - Business: A careful watching over a task or burden. KJV (8): traveil, business - Strongs: H6045 (עִנְיָן)
H) eno (אהנה AhNH) AC: Afflict CO: Depression AB: ?: A furrow depression is formed between the eyes when watching intensely. The furrow may also be formed by concentration or depression.
V) eno (אהנה AhNH) - Afflict: To oppress another causing depression. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (85): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) afflict, humble, force, exercise, sing - Strongs: H6031 (עָנָה), H6033 (עֲנֵה)
J) nfo (אהונ AhWN) AC: Watch CO: Abode AB: ?: The home is a place closely watched. Protection of the home by keeping of a close eye on it.
V) nfo (אהונ AhWN) - Watch: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) eyed - Strongs: H5770 (עָיַן)
Nf1) enfo (אהונה AhWNH) - Habitation: KJV (1): duty - Strongs: H5772 (עֹנָה)
am) nfom (מאהונ MAhWN) - Abode: The dwelling place of a god (temple) , man (home) or animal (den) . Also a retreat. [df: Nyem] KJV (19): habitation, dwelling, den, dwellingplace - Strongs: H4583 (מָעִין)
kf1 ) enfom (מאהונה MAhWNH) - Abode: The dwelling place of a god (temple) , man (home) or animal (den) . Also a retreat. KJV (9): dwelling, place, den, refuge, habitation - Strongs: H4585 (מְעוֹנָה)
K) fno (אהנו AhNW) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Gentle: In the sense of a careful watching.
Nm) fno (אהנו AhNW) - Gentle: One who is oppressed or depressed. [df: wyne] KJV (26): meek, humble, poor, lowly - Strongs: H6035 (עָנָיו)
Nf1 ) efno (אהנוה AhNWH) - Gentleness: KJV (7): humility, gentleness, meekness - Strongs: H6037 (עַנְוָה), H6038 (עֲנָוָה)
L) noi (יאהנ YAhN) AC: Watch CO: Owl AB: ?
Nf ) noi (יאהנ YAhN) - I. Because:In the sense of paying attention. II. Yaeyn:An unknown bird. KJV (18): because, even seeing, forasmuch, that, whereas, why, ostrich - Strongs: H3282 (יַעַן), H3283 (יָעֵן)
Nf1) enoi (יאהנה YAhNH) - Owl: A bird that watches. KJV (8): owl - Strongs: H3284 (יַעֲנָה)
M) nio (אהינ AhYN) AC: ? CO: Eye AB: ?: The eye reveals the heart of the person. A well, spring or fountain as the eye of the ground.
Nf) nio (אהינ AhYN) - Eye: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (892): eye, sight, seem, colour, fountain, well, face, presence, before, conceit, think - Strongs: H5869 (עַיִן), H5870 (עַיִן)
am) niom (מאהינ MAhYN) - Spring: As the eye of the ground. KJV (23): fountain, well, spring - Strongs: H4599 (מַעְיָנָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
עִוְעִים see below I. עוה.
I. עַ֫יִן859 noun feminine Genesis 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; ᵑ7עֵינָא, עַיְינָא Palmyrene עינא Zinjirli suffix עיני, עינך Syriac ; Assyrian ênu, enu, Tel Amarna suffix inaya and (apparently Canaanite gloss —inaya; 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`il); suffix 3 masculine plural עֵינָם Isaiah 13:18 ( Zechariah 5:6 read עֲוֺנָםᵐ5 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 ᵐ5ᵑ9 Che We Gr Now); — eye:
1 literally as physical organ,
a. of man Exodus 21:6 (3t. in verse) (E), Genesis 3:6 (J) +, Leviticus 21:20; Leviticus 24:20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:16 (H; very rarely P, e.g. Deuteronomy 34:4,7), 2 Kings 4:34 (twice in verse) +; once שְׁתֵּי עֵינַי Judges 16:28.
b. anthropomorph. of׳י Psalm 33:18; Psalm 34:16 +.
c. of idols Psalm 115:5; Psalm 135:16.
d. of beasts Genesis 30:41 (J), Job 40:24 (hippop., si vera lectio, but probably corrupt Di Siegf Bu Du where see conjectures), Job 41:10 (crocodile); bird Job 28:7; Job 39:29; Proverbs 1:17.
e. in wheels Ezekiel 1:18; compare Ezekiel 10:12; on stone Zechariah 3:9 (all in visions).
f. subject of ראה see Genesis 45:12 (twice in verse) (E), + (often Deuteronomy), with חזה Psalm 11:4; men see ׳בְּע Deuteronomy 3:27; 2 Kings 7:12 +; especially ׳נָשָׂא ע + ראה Genesis 13:10; Genesis 10:14 (J) +; compare לְכָלמַֿרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 13:12 = as far as the priest can see, ׳מַרְאֵה ע Deuteronomy 28:34 what is seen by the eyes = Deuteronomy 28:67; Ecclesiastes 6:9.
g. as affected by sleep, see שֵׁנָה below [יָשֵׁן].
h. as weeping, מְקוֺר דִּמְעָה׳ע Jeremiah 8:23, נִגְּרָה׳ע Lamentations 3:49, ׳דָּֽלְפָה ע Job 16:20; see also Jeremiah 31:16; Psalm 116:8, and ירד Qal 3c. 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`il); with כָּלָה pine, languish, see ׳כ Qal 2b, Pi`el 2 b, with דָּאַב Psalm 88:10, עָשַׁשׁ Psalm 6:8; Psalm 31:10, דָּלַל Isaiah 38:14.
j. with מָּקַח 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, ׳מָּקַח ע 2 Kings 19:16 = Isaiah 37:17; Daniel 9:18, + עַלֿ Jeremiah 32:19; Zechariah 12:4; Job 14:3; עַל {abbrev}שִׂי֥֥ ע Genesis 44:21 (J) Jeremiah 39:12; Jeremiah 40:4, + לטובה Jeremiah 24:6, + לרעה Amos 9:4; with מָּתַח + אֶלֿ 1 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 6:20; 1 Kings 8:52; Nehemiah 1:6, + ל 2 Chronicles 6:40; 7:15; + infinitive Nehemiah 1:6. — Numbers 24:3,15 see שׁתם
k.׳אוֺר ע etc., = revive, see אור
verb Qal, Hiph`il; noun, 10.
l.׳קָרַץ ע = wink Psalm 35:19; Proverbs 10:10, ׳בְּע׳ק Proverbs 6:13.
m. ׳יִרְזְמוּן ע Job 15:12i.e. roll (in anger).
n.׳ל ׳לָטַשׁ ע Job 16:9 whet eyes against = 'look daggers at.'
o. put out eye, see עִוֵּר, נקר
p. as feature of beauty, ׳יְפֵה ע Deuteronomy 16:12; compare Song of Solomon 4:9; Song of Solomon 7:5, יוֺנִים׳ע Song of Solomon 1:15; Song of Solomon 4:1; and Song of Solomon 5:12 (כְּיוֺנִים); on other hand, לֵאָה רַכּוֺת׳ע Genesis 29:17 (E); ׳וַתָּשֶׂם בַּמּוּךְ ע 2 Kings 9:30 (see מּוּךְ), compare Jeremiah 4:30, ׳כָּחַל ע Ezekiel 23:40 paint the eyes .
q. apple of the eye, see אִישׁוֺן, [בָּבָה], בַּת
r.׳גַּבֹּת ע Leviticus 14:9 eyebrows.
s. ׳חַכְלִילִי עמִָיּ֑יִן Genesis 49:12, ׳חַכְלִילוּת ע Proverbs 23:29 (see ׳ח); ׳מְאוֺר ע Proverbs 15:30, see Toy.
2. a. eyes as shewing mental qualities: arroganceגַבְהוּת ׳ע Isaiah 2:11, גְבֹהִים׳ע Isaiah 5:15, ׳גְּבַהּעֿ Psalm 101:5, ׳תִּפְאֶרֶת רוּם ע Isaiah 10:12; with רוּם also Psalm 18:28 (so read also "" 2 Samuel 22:28 Hup HPS), 2 Samuel 131:1; Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 21:4; humility, ׳שַׁח ע Job 22:29; mockery, תִּלְעַג לְ׳ע Proverbs 30:17; compare בְּ׳רָעָה ע Deuteronomy 15:9 (grudging), Deuteronomy 28:54,56 ( id.); especially (עַל) אַלתָּֿחֹס׳ע not have pity on Deuteronomy 7:16 4t. Deuteronomy; Ezekiel 5:11 8t. Ezekiel; Isaiah 13:18, also Genesis 45:20 (E; = not regret); compare ׳נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵע Hosea 13:14.
b.׳מַחְמַד ע Ezekiel 24:16 desire of the eyes, so Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 24:25; ׳שִׁקּוּצֵי ע Ezekiel 20:7 abominations of the eyes, so Ezekiel 20:8. — Psalm 73:7 see חֵלֶב.
3 Figurative of mental and spiritual faculties, acts and states:
a.׳תִּמָּקַחְנָה ע Genesis 3:5,7 (J) Isaiah 42:7, ׳גְּלּוּי ע Numbers 24:4,16 (JE); also ׳טַח מֵרְאוֺת ע Isaiah 44:18; ׳אֶליֿ׳ע Psalm 123:2 (see Psalm 123:2; Psalm 123:2 for origin of figurative), +; of ׳י, Psalm 33:18 (i.e. his favour) Psalm 34:16 ( id. +.
b.הַזִּנוֺת ׳ע Ezekiel 6:9; ׳תִּשְׂבַּע ע Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 4:8; ׳שָֽׁאֲלוּ ע Ecclesiastes 2:10; לְֹנכַח יַבִּיטוּ׳ע Proverbs 4:25; ׳טוֺבעֿ Proverbs 22:9 = bountiful, רַע עָ֑יִן Proverbs 23:6 = niggardly one, so Proverbs 28:22; eye as avenue of temptation Job 31:1,7; ׳שִׁית ע Psalm 17:11 #NAME?
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 Kings (R D); so לְנֶגֶד עיניו 2 Samuel 22:25 = Psalm 18:25; אַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם Numbers 15:39 = according to your wish, fancy (+ לְבַבְכֶם).
d.׳נֶעְלָם מֵע Leviticus 4:13i.e. hid from knowledge of, so Numbers 5:13 (both P), Job 28:21; ׳מֵע Numbers 15:24 (P) without the knowledge of; מִן׳אַעְלִים ע Isaiah 1:15 = disregard, pay no attention; compare Leviticus 20:4 (H) Ezekiel 22:26; without מִן, absolute, Proverbs 28:27; ׳נִסְתְּרוּ מֵע Isaiah 65:16, ׳וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵע Job 3:10; בּוֺ׳אַעְלִים ע (i.e. בַּכֹּפֶר) 1 Samuel 12:3 (נעלים sandals + ענו ביᵐ5 Th We Kit, compare Ecclus xlvi. 19; Bu HPS insert ענו בי); ׳הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר ע Deuteronomy 16:19, compare ׳כְּסוּת ע Genesis 20:16 (E).
4 Transferred meanings:
a. visible surface of earth Exodus 10:5,15 (J) Numbers 22:5,11 (JE).
b. appearance Leviticus 13:5 (P; reading בְּעֵינוֺ Di Kau Dr-Wh), Leviticus 13:37 (P; reading id.), Leviticus 13:55 (P) Numbers 11:7 (twice in verse) (JE); so apparently dual 1 Samuel 16:7.
c. gleam, sparkle (of metal, jewels, etc.) Ezekiel 1:4,7,16,22,27; Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 10:9; Daniel 10:6; of wine Proverbs 23:31.
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.
II. עַ֫יִן noun feminine spring (of water) (connection with I. ׳ע dubious; Late Hebrew id., Phoenician ען; Assyrian ê Numbers , înu; Arabic ; Ethiopic ; Palmyrene עינא, ᵑ7עֵינָא, 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, וֺת- 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 עוּתְחֹמֹת 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 Judges 7:1 (on location compare GFM).
b.הַקּוֺרֵא ׳ע ( partridge-spring) Judges 15:19 (compare id.).
c.רֹגֵּל ׳ע near Jerusalem (early sanctuary RS Sem i. 157,2nd ed. 172) 2 Samuel 17:17 compare 1 Kings 1:2, on border of Judah Joshua 15:7, and Benjamin Joshua 18:16.
d.הַתַּנִּין ׳ע ( dragon-spring) Nehemiah 2:13 (= c ? so RS l.c.). — On שַׁעַר הָעַיִן Nehemiah 2:14; Nehemiah 3:15; Nehemiah 12:37 see שַׁעַר
[עַ֫יִן] noun feminine Ezra 5:5 eye (see Biblical Hebrew I. ׳ע); — construct עֵין Ezra 5:5 (of God); plural (K§ 51,1) of horn, עַיְנִין Daniel 7:8,20; of Prayer of Manasseh , dual construct עַיְנֵי Daniel 7:8, suffix עַיְנַי Daniel 4:31.
עַיִן f. (once m. Song of Solomon 4:9 כתיב [“also perhaps Psalms 73:7 dual Zechariah 3:9.”]), constr. עֵין with suff. עֵינִי, עֵינוֹ. etc.; dual עֵינַיִם (which is also used for the plur., Zechariah 3:9); constr. עֵינֵי; once defectively עֵנֵי Isaiah 3:8 plur. עֲיָנוֹת constr. עֵינוֹת (only in signif. 3).
(1) an eye (Arab., Syr., Eth., id.). רָאָה לָעַיִן to see with (one’s) eyes, Ezekiel 12:12 יְפֵה עֵינַיִם beautiful of eyes, having beautiful eyes, Genesis 29:17; 1 Samuel 16:12.- Zechariah 9:1, לְיַהוָֹה עֵין אָדָם “Jehovah’s is the eye of man;” i.e. he has his eye fixed upon man; so the LXX., Ch., Syr., (comp. Zechariah 4:10; Jeremiah 32:19).-Specially these phrases are to be noticed
(a) לְעֵינֵי פ׳ before the eyes of any one, before any one, Genesis 23:11, 18 Genesis 23:18; Exodus 4:30, 7:20 9:8 19:11 and so very frequently. But altogether different from this is
(b) בְּעֵינַי in my eyes, i.e. according to my judgment, as it seems to me, in my opinion, by which in Hebrew the sense of to seem, videri, is expressed by a circumlocution. Genesis 19:14, וַיְהִי כִמְצַחֵק בְּעֵינֵי חֲתָנָיו “and he was in their eyes as one jesting;” i.e. he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting. Genesis 29:20. 2 Samuel 10:3, הַמְכַכֵּד דָּוִד אֶת אָבִיךָ בְּעֵינֶיךָ “thinkest thou that David wished to honour thy father?” Hence טוֹב בְּעֵינַי it seems good to me, i.e. it pleases me (see טוֹב, יָטַב ), רַע בְּעֵינַי, יֵרַע it displeases me (see רַע, יָרַע ), compare under the root יָשַׁר.-חָכָם בְּעֵינָוי one who seems to himself to be wise, Proverbs 3:7, 26:12 Job 32:1.
(c) מֵעֵינֵי פ׳ (far) from any one’s eyes, i.e. unknown to him, Numbers 15:24.
(d) בֵּין עֵינַיִם between the eyes, i.e. on the forehead, Exodus 13:9, 16 Exodus 13:16; Deuteronomy 6:8, 11:18 on the front of the head, Deuteronomy 14:1 (e) שִׂים עַיִן עַל to set one’s eye on any one, commonly used in a good sense, to regard any one with kindness, to look to his good; like the Arabic وضح عينا على فلان, (on the other hand שִׂים פָּנִים עַל is always taken in a bad sense), e.g. Genesis 44:21, אָשִׂימָה עֵינִי עָלָיו “I will look to his good;” LXX. ἐπιμελοῦμαι αὐτοῦ. Jeremiah 39:12, 40:4 Job 24:23; Ezra 5:5 [Chald.]: followed by אֶל Psalms 33:18, 34:16 followed by בְּ Deuteronomy 11:12 (compare also Zechariah 12:4; 1 Kings 8:29, 52 1 Kings 8:52); rarely used in a bad sense of the angry countenance of Jehovah (elsewhere פָּנִים), Amos 9:4, and also verse with the addition of the word לְרָעָה. Comp. in New Test. 1 Peter 3:12.
(f) הָיָה לְעֵינַיִם לְ to serve instead of eyes to any one, i.e. to shew him the way, whether he be blind, Job 29:15, or ignorant of the way, Numbers 10:31.
(g) נָשָׂא עֵינַיִם to lift up the eyes, see נָשָׂא No. 1, letter.
(h) פָּקַח עֵינַיִם see פָּקַח.-As many passions of the mind, such as envy, pride, pity, desire, are manifest in the eyes, that which properly belongs to the persons themselves is often applied to the eyes, e.g. רָעָה עֵינִי בְּ my eye is evil against some one, i.e. I envy him, Deuteronomy 15:9 compare Tob_4:7, μὴ φθονησάτω σου ὁ ὀφθαλμός. See also the remarks under the roots חוּם, כָּלָה. עֵינַיִם רָמוֹת proud eyes, i.e. pride, haughtiness, Proverbs 6:17; Psalms 18:28.-Poet. the eye of wine is the bubbling when it sparkles as poured out (Germ. Perle), Proverbs 23:31. By meton. it is used of a look, or glance of the eyes, Song of Solomon 4:9, כתיב, לִבְתִּינִי בְּאַחַךְ “thou hast wounded my heart by one of thy eyes;” i.e. by one glance of thy eyes (in this one instance עַיִן is joined to a masculine, but the קרי has בְּאַחַת).
(2) face, i.q. פָּנִים, so called from the eyes, as being a principal part of it (compare Germ. Geficht, French visage, and Lat. os, used for the whole face). The examples which are cited for this, in its proper signification, are all either uncertain (Numbers 14:14; Isaiah 52:8: there is more weight in Psalms 6:8, although not even this is certain), or else misunderstood (1 Samuel 16:12; Genesis 29:17, see רַךְ ); but that this was a signification of the word when Hebrew was a living language is shewn by the figurative significations which have arisen from it
(a) surface, Exodus 10:5, עֵין הָאָרֶץ “surface of the earth;” verse 15 Exodus 10:15; Numbers 22:5, 11 Numbers 22:11.
(b) face, i.e. appearance, form, Numbers 11:7 Levit. 13:5, 55 Leviticus 13:55; Ezra 1:4, seq.; 10:9 Daniel 10:6.-Connected with the primary meaning is
(3) a fountain, so called from its resemblance to an eye (compare Pers. حشم eye, حشمه a fountain; Chinese, iàn, eye and fountain; and vice versâ Gr. πηγή, fountain, corner of the eye), Genesis 16:7, 24:29 30:42 pl. f. עֲיָנוֹת, constr. עֵינוֹת Deuteronomy 8:7; Exodus 15:27; Proverbs 8:28 see as to the use of the plur. fem. with regard to inanimate things, Lehrg. p. 539, 540.
Also many towns of Palestine took their names from fountains which were near them, viz.
(a) עֵין גְּדִי (“the fountain of the kid”), [Engedi], a town in the desert of Judah, near [close upon] the Dead Sea, abounding in palm trees; Engadda of Pliny (H. N. v. 17), Joshua 15:62 1 Sam. 24:1 Ezekiel 47:10; Song of Solomon 1:14 more anciently called חַצְצוֹן־תָּמָר (which see). [Now called ʾAin Jidy, Rob. ii. 209.]
(b) עֵין־גַּנִּים (“the fountain of gardens”), [Engannim], a town
(α) in the plain country of Judah, Joshua 15:34.
(β) of the Levites, in the tribe of Issachar, Joshua 19:21, 21:29.
(c) עֵין דֹּאר Psalms 83:11, and עֵין דּוֹר (“the fountain of habitation”), [En-dor], Joshua 17:11; 1 Samuel 28:7, in the tribe of Manasseh.
(d) עֵין חַדָּה (“fountain of sharpness,” i.e. swift), [En-haddah], a town in the tribe of Issachar, Joshua 19:21.
(e) עֵין חָצוֹר [En-hazor], a town in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:37.
(f) עֵין חֲרוֹד, see חֲרוֹד.
(g) עֵין מִשְׁפָּט (“fountain of judgment”), [Enmishpat], i.q. קָדֵשׁ, which see, Genesis 14:7.
(h) עֵין עֶנְלַיִם (“fountain of two calves,” unless perhaps ע׳ is written for אֶגְלַיִם “two pools”), [Eneglaim], a town on the northern shore of the Dead Sea.
(1) שֶׁמֶשׁ (“the fountain of the sun”), [Enshemesh], a town with a stream, on the borders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, Joshua 15:7.
(k) עַיִן [Ain] simply
(α) a town of the Levites in the tribe of Simeon, Joshua 15:32, 19:7 21:16 1 Chronicles 4:32.
(β) a town in northern Palestine, Numbers 34:11.
In other places fountains themselves are designated by proper names, as
(aa) עֵין רֹגֶל (“fountain of the spy,” or, according to the Targ. “fuller’s fountain”), [En-rogel], a fountain south of Jerusalem, on the borders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, Joshua 15:7, 18:16 2 Samuel 17:7; 1 Kings 1:9 according to Josephus (Arch. vii. 14, § 4), in the royal gardens.
(bb) עֵין תַּנִּים (“fountain of the jackals,” commonly “dragon-fountain”), a fountain near Jerusalem, Nehemiah 2:13.
(cc) עֵין־תַּפּוּחַ [En-tappuah], a fountain of the town תַּפּוּה Joshua 17:7 compare verse Joshua 17:8.
Denominative is מַעְיָן, which see.
[עַיִן Chald. f. plur. עַיְנַין, constr. עַיְנֵי id. q. Heb. No. 1, Daniel 4:31, 7:8, 20. No. 1, e. Ezra 5:5.]