The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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עַין עֵין עַינָא‏ n.f. eye; spring

eye Com. Ezra5:5 : וְעֵין אֱלָהֲהֹם הֲוָת עַל־שָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא‏ . GenApoc 20.3 : כמא יאין להון לה עיניהא‏ how beautiful are her eyes on her. metaph. anything that looks like an eye Com. metaph. focus, center, main part Com.

spring, fountain Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. fig.: font, source Qumran, Syr, Man. color or splendor of colored objects such as wine or gems Com.

in adv. expressions: Com. see s.v. l ˁyn, lˁyny prep. Com. bˁyny : in one's sight, from one's perspective [biblical calque] Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA. 4QTQah 1,1:6 : ותהון לשפלו ולנבלו בעיניהון‏ and they become low and shameful in their eyes. TgO Gen34:18 : וֻשפַרוּ פִתגָמֵיהוֹן בְעֵינֵי חֲמוֹר וֻבעֵינֵי שְכַם בַר חֲמוֹר‏ there words were lovely in PN'1s eyes and in the eyes of PN2. TN Gen45:16 . PJ Gen16:6 : עיבידי לה דתקין בעיניכי‏ do with her what is proper in your eyes.

Treated as masculine in JBA and LJLA in the expression עינא בישא.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 403a; DJBA: 855b; Jastrow: 1071; Levy Ch-W: 2:212; Tal Sam: 632b; DNWSI: 839; DJA: 70a; Cook,Qumran: 177;

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Derivatives:

byt ˁynyn, byt ˁynˀ (bēṯ ˁaynīn, bēṯ ˁaynē) n.m. forehead

kˁyn (kˁēn) prep. like, similar to

lˁyn, lˁyny (ləˁēn) prep. before one's eyes, face to face

mˁyn, mˁynˀ (maˁyan, mˁīnā/maˁyənā) n.f./m. #2 fountain

mˁyn (mēˁēn) prep. similar to

ˁwnh, ˁwntˀ n.f. connecting piece of a yoke

ˁyyqh, ˁyyqtˀ n.f. tightness

ˁyn vb. D to look at

ˁyny vb. to guard, to watch