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ʿafʿaf עַפְעַף ‘eyelid’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿūf עוּף ‘to fly / gloom’
Roots: #N/A

ʿafʿaf n, m
1) eyelid
 1a) eyelid
 1b) of dawn, rays of sun (fig.)

Mentioned in Jeremiah 9:17 Psalms 11:4, 132:4 Proverbs 6:4, 6:25, 30:13, 4:25 Job 3:9, 41:10, 16:16

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