a.yin denotes the physical organ of sight and, most often in this sample, the standpoint from which actions are judged.

The sampled verses most often use the noun in construct expressions for the perspective by which conduct, proposals, or persons are judged; they also use it for literal seeing and bodily eyes, public visibility, and sustained attention directed toward people or a place.

1. Evaluative standpoint or approval · dominant

   Construct forms occur in clauses evaluating conduct: in 1 Kings 11:33 the APB renders the clause “doing what is right in my eyes,” while 1 Kings 16:30 describes Ahab’s actions as bad in the LORD’s eyes. The same construction frames what seems acceptable to a person in 1 Kings 21:2 and Pharaoh’s favor toward Hadad in 1 Kings 11:19.

   1 Kings 11:331 Kings 16:301 Kings 21:21 Kings 11:191 Chronicles 19:131 Chronicles 21:7
2. Physical eyes and the act of seeing · common

   The noun names bodily eyes in scenes of sight or impaired sight. In 1 Samuel 16:7 the dual absolute form occurs where the APB contrasts what a person sees “with the eyes” with what the LORD sees; 1 Kings 14:4 describes eyes becoming dim so that Ahijah could not see. Deuteronomy 19:21 places the singular absolute form in the bodily retaliation formula rendered “eye for eye.”

   1 Samuel 16:71 Kings 14:41 Kings 10:71 Kings 20:41Deuteronomy 19:211 Samuel 11:2
3. Public visibility and collective attention · occasional

   Construct forms can locate an act before observers or express a group’s attention. In 1 Chronicles 29:10 the APB says David blessed the LORD “before the eyes of all the assembly,” and in 1 Kings 1:20 all Israel’s eyes are on the king awaiting his decision about the throne.

   1 Chronicles 29:101 Chronicles 28:81 Chronicles 29:251 Kings 1:20Judges 6:21
4. Directed watchfulness or attention · rare

   The construct form appears in requests or declarations of sustained attention. In 1 Kings 8:29 the APB renders eyes being open toward the house in connection with hearing prayer, while Amos 9:4 renders setting an eye upon captives “for harm and not for welfare.”

   1 Kings 8:291 Kings 8:521 Kings 9:3Amos 9:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “eyes” and “sight,” while evaluative clauses are rendered with expressions such as “right in my eyes” or “bad in the eyes of the LORD.” Those renderings confirm the clauses’ overall sense rather than assigning a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.