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# eyelid

«eyelid» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the thin fold of skin that closes over your eye when you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (eyelid, eyelids)

### meaning for a pupil

An eyelid is the thin fold of skin that closes over your eye when you blink or sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The tradition reads the verses in Proverbs and Psalms as urging diligence and zeal. David's vow not to sleep until he finds a place for God shows his devotion to the Temple. In the primary lessons: In science lessons on the body and senses, eyelids protect the eyes from dust and light and blinking spreads tears to keep eyes wet. In stories, «heavy eyelids» show a sleepy character. Phrases: «upper eyelid», «lower eyelid», «without batting an eyelid» (= showing no surprise).

### examples

- Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. (Writings PRO.6.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x1)
- I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids; (Writings PSA.132.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x2)
- Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. (Writings PRO.4.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x3)
- Your eyelids close when you blink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x4)
- Eyelashes grow along the edge of the eyelid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x5)
- His eyelids felt heavy and he fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x6)
- Eyelids protect your eyes from dust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x7)
- She didn't bat an eyelid when the balloon popped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x8)
- Snakes have no eyelids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x9)
- My eyelid itches when I have hay fever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x10)
- I felt the weight of sleep upon my eyelids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/#x11)

### note

Compound word: eye + lid, one word. Countable: each eye has an upper and a lower eyelid. Fun fact: fish and snakes have no movable eyelids. Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2435/)
- [Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.115/)
- [Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.166/)
- [There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.877/)
- [My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.420/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eyelid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eyelid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.