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Ezra 5:5

“But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עַיִןʻayin · ah'-yin
H5870 · Aramaic
Definition
an eye
Derivation
(Aramaic) corresponding to H5869 (עַיִן);
KJV renderings
eye.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • עֵ֣ין — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
Code AC/Ncfsc
Usage
Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Daniel 4:31Daniel 7:8Daniel 7:8Daniel 7:20

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.

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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.