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title: עִוֵּר — blind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִוֵּר (5787), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: blind. BDB 1906: adj. blind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִוֵּר

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«עִוֵּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 26 times · **Key:** 5787 · **BDB:** עִוֵּר

### Glosses

blind (7); \[people\] (4); blind.\[people\] (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5787/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. blind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5787/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. blind;—only abs. ע׳ Ex 4:11 +, pl. עִוְרִים 2 S 5:6 +, f. עִוְרוֹת Is 42:7; (c. art. הָעִוֵּר Dt 28:29, elsewhere הַע׳ Baer Ginsb; van d. H. לָעִוֵּר Jb 29:15, הָעִוְרִים 2 S 5:6, 8; Is 42:18);—blind, usually as subst. = the blind: lit., physically blind: of men Ex 4:11 (J; opp. פִּקֵּחַ), 2 S 5:6, 8(×2); Lv 19:14 (H), Dt 27:18; Je 31:8 Jb 29:15; in sim. Dt 28:29; Zp 1:17; Is 59:10, cf. La 4:14 (appos.); as adj. attribute אִישׁ ע׳ Lv 21:18 (H). of sacrif. animal Dt 15:21; Mal 1:8. fig., of the helpless, groping Is 29:18; 35:5; 42:16 ψ 146:8; as adj. attribute, עֵינַיִם עִוְרוֹת Is 42:7. of the dull, unreceptive, Is 42:18, 19(×3) (but v 19 c read חֵרֵשׁ q.v.); as adj. attrib. עַם עִוֵּר 43:8; as predicate 56:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (27 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִוֵּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5787/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 35:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.35.5/)

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אָ֥ז תִּפָּקַ֖חְנָה עֵינֵ֣י עִוְרִ֑ים וְאָזְנֵ֥י חֵרְשִׁ֖ים תִּפָּתַֽחְנָה׃

*Word for word:* then they.will.be.opened \[the\].eyes of.blind.\[people\] and.\[the\] ears of.deaf.\[people\] they.will.be.unstopped

*JPS 1917:* Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

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[Psalms 146:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.146.8/)

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יְהוָ֤ה ׀ פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ עִוְרִ֗ים יְ֭הוָה זֹקֵ֣ף כְּפוּפִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה אֹהֵ֥ב צַדִּיקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].opening blind.\[people\] Yahweh \[is\].raising.up \[those.who.are\].bowed.down Yahweh \[is\].loving righteous.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous;

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