Strong's Concordance babah: the apple (of the eye) Original Word: בָּבַתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: babah Phonetic Spelling: (baw-baw') Short Definition: apple Brown-Driver-Briggs [בָּבָה] noun feminine only בָּבַת עֵינוֺ Zechariah 2:12 the apple of his eye (Aramaic  ; בָּבָא gate ᵑ7 Esther 5:14; Thes below נבב to which Ges gives sense perforate, hence opening of eye; but compare Arabic   pupil of eye, perhaps =  Dozy49 babe, baby, bébé (imitating infant's prattle) i.e. child of the eye; see Hi St, Fl in ChWBi. 419 b; compare אישׁוֺן ?). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance apple of the eye Feminine active participle of an unused root meaning to hollow out; something hollowed (as a gate), i.e. Pupil of the eye -- apple (of the eye). Forms and Transliterations בְּבָבַ֥ת בבבת bə·ḇā·ḇaṯ bəḇāḇaṯ bevaVatLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 8921 Occurrence bə·ḇā·ḇaṯ — 1 Occ. Zechariah 2:8 HEB: בָּכֶ֔ם נֹגֵ֖עַ בְּבָבַ֥ת עֵינֽוֹ׃ NAS: you, touches the apple of His eye. KJV: you toucheth the apple of his eye. INT: touches touches the apple of his eye |
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