עִוֵּ֔ר — Deuteronomy 15:21 Hebrew Word Study

עִוֵּ֔ר

𐤏𐤅𐤓

iver

blind

intensive from עָוַר; blind (literally or figuratively); blind (men, people).

Deuteronomy 15:21 · Word #7

Lexicon `H5787`

Lemma	עִוֵּר
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤏𐤅𐤓
Transliteration	ʻivvêr
Strong's	H5787
In-context	blind

Morphology `HAamsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`A` — Adjective — Describes a noun
Subtype	`a` — Adjective — Adjective
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H5787-03`

a struck-blind man

Root	עור (ʿ-w-r)
Core Meanings	blindness, lack of sight, being sightless, figurative insensitivity
Semantic Range	physically blind; deprived of sight; figuratively blind to truth, justice, or understanding; morally or spiritually insensitive
Conceptual Significance	Blindness in the Hebrew Bible often signifies more than physical impairment—it can symbolize spiritual dullness, moral failure, or covenantal disobedience. The term frequently appears in legal, prophetic, and poetic contexts, highlighting both compassion toward the vulnerable and warning against spiritual blindness.
Morphological Notes	Adjective, masculine singular absolute; derived in intensive form from the root עור (ʿ-w-r), "to be blind." Functions substantivally at times to denote a blind man.
Rendering Rationale	The form is a masculine singular adjective (absolute), so the rendering preserves masculine singular sense with "man." The phrase "struck-blind" reflects the intensive nuance of the form and keeps close to the root idea of being rendered sightless, whether physically or figuratively.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root עור (blindness, lack of sight, being sightless, figurative insensitivity)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H5782-01`	airah	Let me rouse myself
`H5892-01`	aray	my watch-cities
`H5892-03`	arayv	his watch-guarded cities
`H6145-01`	arekha	your wakeful foe
`H5892-05`	areyha	her watch-cities
`H5892-06`	areyhem	their watch-cities
`H5892-07`	areykha	your watch-guarded cities
`H6145-02`	areykha	your guarded cities
`H5892-08`	areykhem	your (masc. pl.) watch-cities
`H7157-01`	arim	watch-cities
`H7311-01`	arim	watch-guarded cities
`H5892-09`	arim	watch-kept cities
`H5788-01`	averet	blindness
`H5895-01`	ayarim	young burden-bearer colts
`H5895-02`	ayir	a load-raised colt
`H5892-10`	bair	in the guarded city
`H5782-02`	bair	in the guarded city
`H5788-02`	baivaron	in the blindness
`H4631-01`	bamearah	in the hollowed cave
`H4631-02`	bamearot	in the hollowed caves
`H5785-01`	baor	in the skin
`H216-01`	baor	in the hide
`H6144-02`	bear	in Ar (City)
`H5892-12`	bearey	in the watch-cities of
`H5892-13`	beareyha	in her watch-cities
`H5892-14`	beareyhem	in their watch-cities
`H5892-15`	beareykhem	in your watch-cities
`H5892-16`	beareynu	in our watch-cities
`H5892-17`	bearim	in the watch-cities
`H5892-18`	beir	in the guarded city
`H5892-19`	beiri	in my guarded city
`H5892-20`	beiro	in his watch-city
`H5785-02`	beor	in (a) hide-of
`H5785-03`	beori	in my skin
`H4631-03`	bimearat	in the hollow-cave of
`H4631-04`	bimearot	in hollowed caves of
`H6147-01`	er	Awake-One
`H5782-03`	er	Wakeful-one
`H6179-01`	eri	Watchful-One
`H6180-01`	haeri	the Wakeful-one descendant
`H5892-21`	hair	the watch-guarded city
`H5782-04`	hairah	to the watch-city
`H5892-22`	hairah	toward the guarded city
`H5782-05`	hairoti	I have roused
`H5782-06`	hairotihu	I have caused him to awaken
`H5782-07`	hairu	Rouse, you men!
`H5787-01`	haiver	the blinded man
`H4631-05`	hamearah	the hollowed cavern
`H4631-06`	hamearat	the bare-hollow of
`H4631-07`	hamearot	the hollowed caves
`H5785-04`	haor	the hide
`H5782-08`	heir	he roused
`H5782-09`	hiteoreri	Rouse yourself
`H5892-24`	hyr	the wake-guarded city
`H5893-01`	ir	guarded-city
`H5904-01`	ir	watch-city
`H5894-01`	ir	watch-guarded city
`H5892-25`	ir	city (feminine singular); cities (feminine plural); city of (feminine singular construct)
`H5892-26`	irah	her watch-city
`H5892-27`	iram	their guarded-city
`H5892-28`	irekha	your watch-guarded city
`H5892-29`	iri	my watch-guarded city
`H5894-02`	irin	the wakeful ones
`H5895-03`	iro	his watch-guarded city
`H5892-30`	iro	his wake-guarded city
`H5786-01`	iver	blind man
`H5787-04`	iverim	blind men
`H5680-08`	iverim	blind men
`H5787-05`	iverot	blind women
`H5787-06`	kaiverim	like the blind-men
`H5892-31`	kearim	like watch-cities
`H5892-32`	keir	like a wake-guarded city
`H5784-01`	keur	like chaff-husk
`H5787-07`	khaiverim	like sightless men
`H5892-33`	lair	to the watch-city
`H5787-08`	laiver	to the blinded man
`H6146-01`	learakhe	to your watchful foe
`H5892-34`	learey	to the watch-cities of
`H5892-35`	leareyha	to her watch-cities
`H5892-36`	leareyhem	to their guarded cities
`H5892-37`	learim	to the wake-guarded cities
`H6147-02`	leer	for Watchful-one (Er)
`H6197-01`	leeran	to Watchful-one (Eran)
`H6179-02`	leeri	to Watchful (Eri)
`H5892-38`	leir	to a watch-city
`H5892-39`	leiro	to his watch-city
`H4631-09`	mearah	a bare hollow
`H5892-41`	mearey	from the watch-cities of
`H5892-42`	meareyhem	from their watch-cities
`H4631-11`	mearot	bare hollows
`H5892-43`	mehair	from the watchful city
`H4631-12`	mehamearah	from the bare-hollow
`H5892-44`	mehearim	from the guarded cities
`H215-07`	meir	from the watch-city
`H5892-45`	meir	from the guarded city
`H5782-10`	meir	from the wake-guarded city
`H5782-11`	meiram	one rousing them
`H5892-46`	meirekha	from your watch-city
`H5892-47`	meiro	from his guarded city
`H5785-06`	meor	skin-of
`H4589-01`	meoreyhem	their naked parts
`H5782-12`	miteorer	he who rouses himself awake
`H5782-13`	neor	he has been awakened
`H5785-07`	or	skin
`H5785-08`	orah	her hide
`H5785-09`	oram	their skin
`H5782-14`	oraretikha	I roused you
`H5785-10`	orenu	our skin
`H5782-15`	orer	one who stirs up
`H5782-16`	orerah	Rouse yourself!
`H219-03`	orot	skins of
`H5785-13`	orot	skins of
`H5785-14`	orotam	their hides
`H5782-17`	tairu	you all cause to awaken
`H5783-01`	teor	she will be made bare
`H5782-18`	teorer	she will rouse herself awake
`H5782-19`	teoreru	you (masculine plural) rouse yourselves
`H5892-48`	ulearey	and to the watch-cities of
`H5782-20`	urah	Awake!
`H5782-21`	uri	Awake, you (feminine)!
`H4631-13`	uvamearot	and in the bare hollows
`H5892-49`	uvearayv	and in his watch-cities
`H5892-50`	uvearey	and in the watch-cities of
`H5892-51`	uveiro	and in his watch-guarded city
`H5788-03`	uveivaron	and in blindness
`H5895-04`	vaeyarim	and young load-bearing donkeys
`H5892-52`	vair	in the watchful city
`H4631-14`	vamearah	in the bare hollow
`H5782-22`	vayaar	and he caused-to-awake
`H5782-23`	vayeireni	and he caused me to awaken
`H5892-53`	vearayv	and his guarded cities
`H5892-54`	vearey	and watch-cities of
`H5892-55`	veareyha	and her wake-guarded cities
`H5892-56`	veareyhem	and their watch-cities
`H5892-57`	veareykha	and your watch-cities
`H5892-58`	veareykhem	and your watch-cities
`H5895-05`	veayir	and the burden-raised colt of
`H5895-06`	vehaayarim	and the load-raised young male-donkeys
`H5892-60`	vehair	and the watch-guarded city
`H5787-09`	vehaiverim	and the blind men
`H4631-15`	vehamearah	and the hollowed cave
`H5892-61`	vehearim	and the watch-cities
`H5782-24`	vehiteorareti	and I roused myself
`H5892-62`	veir	watch-city
`H5892-63`	veiro	in his guarded city
`H5787-10`	veiver	and a blind man
`H5892-64`	velearim	and to the guarded cities
`H5785-16`	veor	skin
`H5785-17`	veoram	and the skin of them
`H5782-25`	veorareti	and I awakened
`H5782-26`	veorer	and he awakened
`H5785-18`	veori	and my skin
`H216-25`	veoro	in his skin
`H5785-20`	veorot	and skins of
`H5782-27`	veurah	and awake!
`H5782-28`	veyaer	and he will rouse
`H5892-65`	vyr	in a wake-guarded city
`H5782-29`	yair	he will rouse
`H5786-02`	yeaver	he makes blind
`H5782-30`	yeoeru	they will awaken
`H5782-31`	yeor	he will be roused
`H5782-32`	yeoru	let them be awakened
`H5782-33`	yeurenu	he will rouse him
`H5782-34`	yiteorar	he rouses himself
`H5895-07`	yrh	his young burden-bearing colt

Word Usage (26 occurrences of H5787)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Exodus 4:11	עִוֵּ֑ר	iver	blind
Leviticus 19:14	עִוֵּ֔ר	iver	the blind
Leviticus 21:18	עִוֵּר֙	iver	blind
Deuteronomy 15:21	עִוֵּ֔ר	iver	blind
Deuteronomy 27:18	עִוֵּ֖ר	iver	a blind person
Deuteronomy 28:29	הָ/עִוֵּר֙	haiver	the blind man
2 Samuel 5:6	הַ/עִוְרִ֤ים	haiverim	the blind
2 Samuel 5:8	הַ֣/עִוְרִ֔ים	haiverim	the-blind
2 Samuel 5:8	עִוֵּ֣ר	iver	blind
Isaiah 29:18	עִוְרִ֖ים	iverim	the blind
Isaiah 35:5	עִוְרִ֑ים	iverim	the blind
Isaiah 42:7	עִוְר֑וֹת	iverot	blind
Isaiah 42:16	עִוְרִ֗ים	iverim	the blind
Isaiah 42:18	וְ/הַ/עִוְרִ֖ים	vehaiverim	and you blind ones
Isaiah 42:19	עִוֵּר֙	iver	is blind
Isaiah 42:19	עִוֵּר֙	iver-2	is blind
Isaiah 42:19	וְ/עִוֵּ֖ר	veiver	and blind
Isaiah 43:8	עִוֵּ֖ר	iver	blind
Isaiah 56:10	עִוְרִ֤ים	iverim	blind
Isaiah 59:10	כַֽ/עִוְרִים֙	khaiverim	like blind men
Jeremiah 31:8	עִוֵּ֣ר	iver	the blind
Zephaniah 1:17	כַּֽ/עִוְרִ֔ים	kaiverim	like-the-blind
Malachi 1:8	עִוֵּ֤ר	iver	blind
Psalms 146:8	עִוְרִ֗ים	iverim	the blind
Job 29:15	לַֽ/עִוֵּ֑ר	laiver	to the blind
Lamentations 4:14	עִוְרִים֙	iverim	blind

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Lexicon H5787

Morphology HAamsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H5787-03

Words from Root עור (blindness, lack of sight, being sightless, figurative insensitivity)

Word Usage (26 occurrences of H5787)

Lexicon `H5787`

Morphology `HAamsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H5787-03`