Might it mean her eyes were "weak" in terms of brilliance - i.e. they were
"lacklustre", "dull" or "dim"? That's what Danish Bible translations have
made of the verse. (Eyes are favourably associated with forms of the root
)WR in Ps 13,4; 19,9; 38,11 Prov 15,30 Ezra 9,8 a.o. - although I guess it
primarily connotes "life" in general and not beauty).
Soren
Cph
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Fra: Rick Hoenstine [SMTP:RickHoenstine AT email.msn.com]
Sendt: 3. marts 2001 05:37
Til: Biblical Hebrew
Emne: tender eyed ???
Hello All,
I would appreciate this groups thoughts on the term "tender eyed" from the
following
verse
Gen 29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well
favoured.
Thank you,
Rick Hoenstine
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