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Deuteronomy 4:3
“Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עַיִןʻayin · ah'-yin
H5869 · Hebrew
H5869 · Hebrew
- Definition
- an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- Derivation
- probably a primitive word;
- KJV renderings
- affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
- Grammar
- עֵֽינֵי — common noun, both genders, dual, construct
- כֶם֙ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 897 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:5Genesis 3:6Genesis 3:7Genesis 6:8Genesis 13:10
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עַיִן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.