STRONGS NUMBER H892


Word Summary
babah: the apple (of the eye)
Original Word: בָּבָה
Transliteration: babah
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-baw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: the apple (of the eye)
Meaning: something hollowed, pupil of the eye
Strong's 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).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H892. babah

[בָּבָה‎] noun feminine only עֵינוֺ בָּבַתZechariah 2:12 the apple of his eye (Aramaic ; בָּבָאgate ᵑ7Esther 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 ?).