Lexical Definition

‎סַנְוֵר‎ çanvêr (san-vare') blindness ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

blindness.

• (in plural) blindness

1) sudden blindness

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סַנְוֵרִים‎ noun [masculine] plural intensive or abstract (Sta^{§ 324 b}) sudden blindness (etymology dubious; derivation from ‎נוּר‎ highly improbable, whether antiphrase Wetzst^{De Psalms 4, 886} Kö^{ii. 1, 404}, or from dazzling, compare 'flimmern' Hoffm^{ZAW ii (1882), 68}; but also view of Hal^{RŠJ xi. 66 derivatives} from √ ‎סנר‎ cover with a skin, i.e. produce film over, lacks demonstration; at present we must be content with assuming quadriliteral √, Thes Sta^{§ 243}); — ‎׳‎‎הִכּוּ בַּסּ‎ Gen 19:11 (J) they smote the men with sudden blindness, compare 2Kgs 6:18; 2Kgs 2:18 (all cases miraculous, and in Kings temporary).

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