אישון
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Perhaps from אִישׁ (ish, “man”).
Noun[edit]
אִישׁוֹן • (ishón) m (plural indefinite אִישׁוֹנִים, singular construct אִישׁוֹן־, plural construct אִישׁוֹנֵי־)
- A pupil: the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
- Deuteronomy 32:10:
- יִמְצָאֵהוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר וּבְתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשִׁמֹן יְסֹבְבֶנְהוּ יְבוֹנְנֵהוּ יִצְּרֶנְהוּ כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינוֹ׃
- yimtsa'éihu b'érets midbár uv'tóhu y'lél y'shimón y'sov'vénhu y'von'néhu yits'rénhu k'ishón einó.
- He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.[1]
- יִמְצָאֵהוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר וּבְתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשִׁמֹן יְסֹבְבֶנְהוּ יְבוֹנְנֵהוּ יִצְּרֶנְהוּ כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינוֹ׃
- Deuteronomy 32:10:
- (Modern Hebrew) A bull's-eye: the center of a target, such as an archery target.
Derived terms[edit]
- שמרו כאישון עינו (sh'maró k'ishón einó); אישון עיני (ishón einí)
Etymology 2[edit]
From איש (ish) + ־ון (-on): a diminutive of אִישׁ (ish, “man”). Influenced by the above, if not directly related to it.
Noun[edit]
אִישׁוֹן • (ishón) m (plural indefinite אִישׁוֹנִים, singular construct אִישׁוֹן־, plural construct אִישׁוֹנֵי־)
- A small man: a term of endearment or of disparagement.
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
אִישׁוֹן • (ishón) m
- Alternative form of אֱשׁוּן (eshún)
Usage notes[edit]
- Rare except in the expression בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה (b'ishón láyla).
Derived terms[edit]
- בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה (b'ishón láyla)
References[edit]
- “אישון” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 43.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC.