BDB5646

סַנְוֵרִים noun [masculine] plural intensive or abstract (Sta^{§ 324 b}) sudden blindness (etymology dubious; derivation from נוּר highly improbable, whether antiphrase Wetzst^{De Psalms 4, 886} Kö^{ii. 1, 404}, or from dazzling, compare 'flimmern' Hoffm^{ZAW ii (1882), 68}; but also view of Hal^{RŠJ xi. 66 derivatives} from √ סנר cover with a skin, i.e. produce film over, lacks demonstration; at present we must be content with assuming quadriliteral √, Thes Sta^{§ 243}); — ׳ הִכּוּ בַּסּ Gen 19:11 ( J ) they smote the men with sudden blindness, compare 2Kgs 6:18; 2Kgs 2:18 (all cases miraculous, and in Kings temporary).