BDB5911
עִוֵּר adjective blind; — only absolute ׳ ע Exod 4:11 +, plural עִיְרִים 2Sam 5:6 +, feminine עִוְרוֺת Isa 42:7 (with article הָעִוֵּר Deut 28:29, elsewhere ׳ הַע Baer Ginsb; van d. H. לָעִוֵּר Job 29:15, הָעִוְרִים 2Sam 5:6; 2Sam 5:8; Isa 42:18); — blind, usually as substantive = the blind:
1. literally, physically blind:
a. of men Exod 4:11 (
J
; opposed to פִּקֵּחַ), 2Sam 5:6; 2Sam 5:8 (twice in verse); Lev 19:14 (
H
), Deut
27:18; Jer
31:8;
Job
29:15 in simile Deut 28:29; Zeph 1:17; Isa 59:10, compare Lam 4:14 (apposition); as adjective attribute
׳
אִישׁ ע
Lev 21:18 (
H
).
b. of sacrifice animal Deut 15:21; Mal 1:8.
2.
figurative,
a. of the helpless, groping Isa 29:18; Isa 35:5; Isa 42:16; Ps 146:8 as adjective attribute,
עֵינַיִם
עִוְרוֺת
Isa 42:7.
b. of the dull, unreceptive, Isa 42:18; Isa 42:19 (3 t. in verse) (but Isa 42:19 c read
חֵרֵשׁ
q. v.); as adjective attributive עַם עִוֵּר
Isa 43:8 as
predicate Isa
56:10
.