Hebrew edit

Root
ע־י־ן (ʿ-y-n)

Noun edit

עיני (transliteration needed)

  1. (עֵינֵי, ené) Plural construct state form of עַיִן (áyin): (the) eyes of.
    • Tanach, Exodus 3:21, with translation of the Darby Bible:
      וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־חֵן הָעָם־הַזֶּה בְּעֵינֵי מִצְרָיִם
      v'natatí et-chén haam-hazé b'ené mitsráyim
      And I will give this people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians
  2. (עֵינִי, ení) Singular form of עַיִן (áyin) with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor: my eye.
    • Tanach, Lamentations 3:48, with translation of the King James Version:
      פַּלְגֵי־מַיִם תֵּרַד עֵינִי
      palge-máyim teréd ení
      Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water
  3. (עֵינַי, enáy) Plural form of עַיִן (áyin) with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor: my eyes.
    • Tanach, Psalms 121:1, with translation of the King James Version:
      אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים
      esá enáy el-heharím
      I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills

Adjective edit

עֵינִי ('eini) (feminine עֵינִית, masculine plural עֵינִים, feminine plural עֵינִיּוֹת)

  1. ocular

References edit

  • עיני” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language