Lexicon
סַנְוֵרִים
san.ver
H5575
H:N-M Hebrew

blindness

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san.ver denotes a disabling blindness inflicted on people, leaving them unable to find an entrance or proceed as intended.

The attested use denotes blindness imposed upon people: in Genesis 19:11 it leaves men unable to find the entrance, and in 2 Kings 6:18 it is the affliction requested against an approaching enemy force.

Senses in use

  1. Imposed blindness that incapacitates · dominant

    The masculine plural noun occurs in accounts of people being struck with this condition. In Genesis 19:11 the APB renders that the men at the house entrance were struck "with blindness" and then wearied themselves trying to find the entrance; in 2 Kings 6:18 it renders Elisha's request that the approaching people be struck "with blindness," followed by their being struck.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both cited verses, the APB presents the condition with the phrase "with blindness." This rendering confirms the clause-level presentation rather than isolating each token individually.

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