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title: סַנְוֵרִים — sudden blindness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַנְוֵרִים (5575), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: sudden blindness. BDB 1906: pl. intens. abstr. sudden blindness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַנְוֵרִים

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«סַנְוֵרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sudden blindness** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5575 · **BDB:** סַנְוֵרִים

### Glosses

blindness(es) (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sudden blindness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5575/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. intens. abstr. sudden blindness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5575/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pl. intens. vel abstr. (Sta§ 324 b) sudden blindness (etym. dub.; der. from נוּרִ highly improb., whether antiphr. Wetzst De ψψ 4, 886 Köii. 1, 404, or from dazzling, cf. ‘flimmern’ HoffmZAW ii (1882), 68; but also view of HalRÉJ xi. 66 deriv. from √ סנר cover with a skin, i.e. produce film over, lacks demonstration; at present we must be content with assuming quadrilit. √, Thes Sta§ 243);—הִכּוּ בַּסּ׳ Gn 19:11 (J) they smote the men with sudden blindness, cf. 2 K 6:18(×2) (all cases miraculous, and in K temporary).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַנְוֵרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5575/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 19:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.11/)

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וְֽאֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים אֲשֶׁר־פֶּ֣תַח הַבַּ֗יִת הִכּוּ֙ בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֔ים מִקָּטֹ֖ן וְעַד־גָּד֑וֹל וַיִּלְא֖וּ לִמְצֹ֥א הַפָּֽתַח׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the men who \[were\].the.entrance of the.house they.struck with.(the) sudden blindness(es) from small and unto great and they.became.weary to find the entrance

*JPS 1917:* And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great; so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

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[2 Kings 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.18/)

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וַיֵּרְדוּ֮ אֵלָיו֒ וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל אֱלִישָׁ֤ע אֶל־יְהוָה֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר הַךְ־נָ֥א אֶת־הַגּוֹי־הַזֶּ֖ה בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֑ים וַיַּכֵּ֥ם בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֖ים כִּדְבַ֥ר אֱלִישָֽׁע׃

*Word for word:* and they.came.down to him and he.prayed Elisha to Yahweh and he.said strike please (et) the nation (the) this with.(the) sudden blindness(es) and he struck.them with.(the) sudden blindness(es) according to.the.word of.Elisha

*JPS 1917:* And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said: 'Smite this people, I pray Thee, with blindness.' And He smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

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