אִישׁוֹן

«אִישׁוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: pupil — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: 380 · BDB: אִישׁוֹן

Glosses

the.pupil (2); middle (1); pupil (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

pupil tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

pupil tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] pupil of eye (cf. DlHA 9 PrätLOPh, Feb. 1884, but also Ar. إِنْسَانٌ العَيْنِ, & NöZMG 1886, 739)—א׳ all cstr.—א׳ עַיִן Dt 32:10 Pr 7:2; א׳ בַּת־עַיִן ψ 17:8 (in all, sim. of preciousness); = middle, midst of night בְּא׳ לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה Pr 7:9; בְּא׳ חֹשֶׁךְ 20:20 Kt i.e. in deep darkness (Qr בֶּאֱשׁוּן v. Now).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אִישׁוֹן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 7:9

בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃

Word for word: at twilight in.[the] evening of.[the].day in.[the] middle of.[the].night and darkness

JPS 1917: In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

Psalms 17:8

שָׁ֭מְרֵנִי כְּאִישׁ֣וֹן בַּת־עָ֑יִן בְּצֵ֥ל כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃

Word for word: keep me like.[the] pupil of.[the].daughter of.an.eye in the.shadow your.wings your you will.hide.me

JPS 1917: Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shadow of Thy wings,

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