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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עַיִן

עַיִן

H5869

Transliteration: ʻayin

Pronunciation: ah'-yin

Definition: affliction


Original: עין

Transliteration: ‛ayin

Phonetic: ah'-yin

BDB Definition:

  1. eye
    1. eye
      1. of physical eye
      2. as showing mental qualities
      3. of mental and spiritual faculties (figuratively)
  2. spring, fountain

Origin: probably a primitive word

TWOT entry: 1612a,1613

Part(s) of speech: Noun


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