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title: עַפְעַפִּים — eyelid · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַפְעַפִּים (6079), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: eyelid. BDB 1906: n.m. eyelid. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַפְעַפִּים

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«עַפְעַפִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **eyelid** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 6079 · **BDB:** עַפְעַף

### Glosses

eyelids (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

eyelid [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6079/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. eyelid [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6079/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 9:17 eyelid (NH id.; from fluttering?);—only du. cstr. (v. infr.) and sf. עַפְעַפַּי Jb 16:16 ψ 132:4, עַפְעַפֶּיךָ Pr 4:25; 6:4, etc.;—eyelids, usually nearly = eyes (6 times ‖ עֵינַיִם), as weeping, עַפְעַפֵּינוּ Je 9:17; closed in sleep ψ 132:4 Pr 6:4, cf. of צַלְמָוֶת Jb 16:16; looking Pr 4:25 cf. ψ 11:4 (of י׳, testing men); used seductively by wanton women Pr 6:25; raised, in arrogance (‘superciliousness’) 30:13; fig. עַפְעַפֵּי־שָׁ֑חַר Jb 3:9 eyelids of dawn, break of dawn, 41:10 (sim.).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַפְעַפִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6079/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 30:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.13/)

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דּ֭וֹר מָה־רָמ֣וּ עֵינָ֑יו וְ֝עַפְעַפָּ֗יו יִנָּשֵֽׂאוּ׃

*Word for word:* a.generation how! they.are.raised eyes its and eyelids its they.are.lifted.up

*JPS 1917:* There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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[Job 16:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.16/)

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פָּנַ֣י חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי־בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* face my they.are.reddened from weeping and.\[is\] on eyelids my deep.darkness

*JPS 1917:* My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

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