עַפְעַף

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