Lexicon babah: the apple (of the eye) Original Word: בָּבַתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: babah Phonetic Spelling: (baw-baw') Short Definition: apple NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitionthe apple (of the eye) NASB Translationapple (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ בָּבָה] noun feminine only בָּבַת עֵינוֺ Zechariah 2:12 the apple of his eye (Aramaic  ; בָּבָא gate ᵑ7 Esther 5:14; Thes below נבב to which Ges gives sense perforate, hence opening of eye; but compare Arabic   pupil of eye, perhaps =  Dozy 49 babe, baby, bébé (imitating infant's prattle) i.e. child of the eye; see Hi St, Fl in ChWB i. 419 b; compare אישׁוֺן ?). Strong's apple of the eye Feminine active participle of an unused root meaning to hollow out; something hollowed (as a gate), i.e. Pupil of the eye -- apple (of the eye). |
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