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עָוַר

«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.

Used: 5 times · Key: 5786 · BDB: עָוַר

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

make blind tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.Pi. make blind, blind tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Exodus 23:8

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.

Jeremiah 39:7

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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