The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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שׁכן‏ n.m. eyelid

eyelid Qumran, PTA. 4QEn^c1.6.4 : לשכני עיני לתרעי‏ . TN Deut32:10 : היך מה דנטר שיכנה בבה דעיינה‏ just as the eyelid protects the pupil of the eye. PJ Deut32:10 .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 550b; Jastrow: 1573; Levy Ch-W: 2:480; Cook,Qumran: 234;

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Derivatives:

šknn, šknnˀ n.m. person with drooping eyelids