עין

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Aramaic

Noun

עַיִן • (transliteration needed) f

  1. indefinite singular of עינא

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־י־ן (ʿ-y-n)

From Proto-Semitic *ʕayn-.

Pronunciation

Noun

עַיִן • (áyin) f (dual indefinite עיניים / עֵינַיִם, singular construct עֵין־, dual construct עֵינֵי־)

  1. eye
    • בראשית רבה ע, טז
      [כט, יז] "וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת",[...] וּמַהוּ "רַכּוֹת", רַכּוֹת מִבִּכְיָה, שֶׁהָיוּ אוֹמְרִים: כָּךְ הָיוּ הַתְּנָאִים, הַגְּדוֹלָה לַגָּדוֹל וְהַקְּטַנָּה לַקָּטָן, וְהָיְתָּה בּוֹכָה וְאוֹמֶרֶת: יְהִי רָצוֹן שֶׁלֹא אֶפּוֹל בְּגוֹרָלוֹ שֶׁל רָשָׁע, אָמַר רַבִּי הוּנָא: קָשָׁה הִיא הַתְּפִילָה שֶׁבִּטְּלָה אֶת הַגְּזִירָה, וְלֹא עוֹד אֶלָּא שֶׁקָּדְמָה לַאֲחוֹתָה.
    • Tanach, Proverbs 15:3:
      בְּכָל מָקוֹם עֵינֵי ה׳ צֹפוֹת רָעִים וְטוֹבִים׃
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Derived terms

Verb

עִיֵּן • (iyén) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of עיין

Noun

עַיִן • (áyin) f (plural indefinite עֲיָנוֹת, singular construct עֵין־, plural construct עֵינוֹת־)

  1. spring, fountain

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

עַיִן • (áyin) f

  1. Alternative form of עי״ן

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