appearance
mar.eh denotes a visible form or look, including bodily appearance, the appearance of things, and what is seen in a vision.
The word most often identifies the visible form, look, or likeness of people and things, especially in descriptions and comparisons. It also denotes what is seen as a sight or vision, and occurs in expressions concerning what the eyes see.
Senses in use
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Visible form, look, or likeness · dominant
The noun marks a person's outward look in clauses describing beauty, stature, or condition: in 1 Samuel 16:7 the APB renders Samuel's forbidden object of attention as "his appearance," while Genesis 41:21 describes the cattle's look as bad. In Ezekiel 1:28, repeated construct forms frame the brightness and bow through comparisons of visible appearance; Ezekiel 10:10 likewise describes the four wheels as having the same appearance.
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A sight or vision seen · common
In Daniel's scenes, the noun can name the seen experience that is to be understood or that leaves Daniel appalled. In Daniel 8:16 the APB renders the command "make this appearance understood," and Daniel 8:27 renders Daniel as appalled by "the vision"; Ezekiel 11:24 similarly describes a vision that departed after it had been seen.
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What the eyes see · occasional
Construct forms occur in clauses about the eyes' field of sight or judgment. Deuteronomy 28:34 speaks of being driven mad from what the eyes see, Ecclesiastes 6:9 contrasts the sight of the eyes with the soul's wandering, and Isaiah 11:3 says that judgment will not be by the sight of the eyes.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun with "appearance," particularly in descriptions of people, objects, and likenesses. In sight-and-vision contexts it also uses "sight" and "vision,", so those English choices do not by themselves define each occurrence.