Lexicon
חַכְלִלוּת
chakh.li.lut
H2448
H:N-F Hebrew

dullness

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chakh.li.lut denotes the eye-related condition named among the woes and pains in Proverbs 23:29.

The sole attested use places the noun in a series of afflictions, specifying a condition connected with the eyes in Proverbs 23:29.

Senses in use

  1. An eye-related affliction · dominant

    In Proverbs 23:29, the feminine singular construct noun occurs in the closing question of a sequence that asks who has woe, pain, strife, complaint, and undeserved wounds; the APB renders that final clause, “To whom is dullness of eyes?”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 23:29, the APB presents the term within the clause “To whom is dullness of eyes?” The precise contribution of the Hebrew noun cannot be isolated beyond its eye-related clause.

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