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title: עָוַר — make blind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָוַר (5786), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: make blind. BDB 1906: vb.Pi. make blind, blind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָוַר

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«עָוַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make blind** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5786 · **BDB:** עָוַר

### Glosses

he.made.blind (3); it.makes.blind (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make blind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5786/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Pi. make blind, blind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5786/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.Pi. make blind, blind (orig. meaning of √ dub.; Thes עור = dig (Arabic غَارٌ etc. cave); HalRÉJ xi, 67 cp. עוֹר skin, whence blindness as cataract;—Aramaic adj. עֲוִיר, ܥܘܺܪ blind, Pa. עַוַּר, ܥܰܘܰܪ = Heb. Pi.; Arabic عَوِرَ be one-eyed, Ethiopic ዖረ be blind Di 995);— Pf. 3 ms. עִוֵּר 2 K 25:7, c. עֵינֵי put out the eyes of = Je 39:7 = 52:11; Impf. 3 ms. יְעַוֵּר fig., Ex 23:8 (E) a bribe blindeth, c. acc. pers. (Sam. 𝔊 ins. עֵינֵי); Dt 16:19, c. עֵינֵי.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (27 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָוַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5786/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 23:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.8/)

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וְשֹׁ֖חַד לֹ֣א תִקָּ֑ח כִּ֤י הַשֹּׁ֙חַד֙ יְעַוֵּ֣ר פִּקְחִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and a.bribe not you.must.take (dm) (the) bribe it.makes.blind clear-sighted.\[people\] and it.perverts the.words of.righteous.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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[Jeremiah 39:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.39.7/)

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וְאֶת־עֵינֵ֥י צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ עִוֵּ֑ר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם לָבִ֥יא אֹת֖וֹ בָּבֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.eyes of.Zedekiah he.made.blind and he bound.him with.(the) bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

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