Lexical Definition

‎עַפְעַף‎ ʻaphʻaph (af-af') eyelid ^H:N-M
from ‎עוּף‎

dawning, eye-lid.

• an eyelash (as fluttering)
• figuratively, morning ray

1) eyelid
1a) eyelid
1b) of dawn, rays of sun (fig.)

See Greek: ἀνατέλλω · εἶδος · ὀφθαλμός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עַפְעַף‎] noun masculine^{Jer 9:17*} eyelid (Late Hebrew id.; from fluttering ?); — only dual construct (see below) and suffix ‎עַפְעַפַּי‎ Job 16:16; Ps 132:4, ‎עַפְעַפֶּיךָ‎ Prov 4:25; Prov 6:4, etc.; — eyelids, usually nearly = eyes (6 t. || ‎עֵינַיִם‎), as weeping, ‎עַפְעַפֵּינוּ‎ Jer 9:17* closed in sleep Ps 132:4; Prov 6:4, compare of ‎צַלְמָוֶת‎ Job 16:16 looking Prov 4:25 compare Ps 11:4 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎, testing men); used seductively by wanton women Prov 6:25 raised, in arrogance (' superciliousness ' Prov 30:13 figurative ‎עַפְעַפֵּישָֿׁ֑חַר‎ Job 3:9 eyelids of dawn, break of dawn, Job 41:10* (simile).

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