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title: אִישׁוֹן — pupil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִישׁוֹן (380), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: pupil. BDB 1906: pupil. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִישׁוֹן

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«אִישׁוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pupil** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 380 · **BDB:** אִישׁוֹן

### Glosses

the.pupil (2); middle (1); pupil (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pupil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/380/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pupil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/380/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pupil of eye (cf. DlHA 9 PrätLOPh, Feb. 1884, but also Ar. إِنْسَانٌ العَيْنِ, \& NöZMG 1886, 739)—א׳ all cstr.—א׳ עַיִן Dt 32:10 Pr 7:2; א׳ בַּת־עַיִן ψ 17:8 (in all, sim. of preciousness); = middle, midst of night בְּא׳ לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה Pr 7:9; בְּא׳ חֹשֶׁךְ 20:20 Kt i.e. in deep darkness (Qr בֶּאֱשׁוּן v. Now).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִישׁוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/380/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.9/)

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בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* at twilight in.\[the\] evening of.\[the\].day in.\[the\] middle of.\[the\].night and darkness

*JPS 1917:* In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

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[Psalms 17:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.8/)

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שָׁ֭מְרֵנִי כְּאִישׁ֣וֹן בַּת־עָ֑יִן בְּצֵ֥ל כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* keep me like.\[the\] pupil of.\[the\].daughter of.an.eye in the.shadow your.wings your you will.hide.me

*JPS 1917:* Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shadow of Thy wings,

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