H5575. sanverim
סַנְוֵרִים noun [masculine]
plural intensive or
abstract (Sta§ 324 b) sudden blindness (etymology dubious; derivation from נוּר highly improbable, whether antiphrase WetzstDe Psalm 4, 886 Köii. 1, 404, or from dazzling, compare 'flimmern' HoffmZAW ii (1882), 68; but also view of HalRŠJ xi. 66 derivatives from √ סנר cover with a skin, i.e. produce film over, lacks demonstration; at present we must be content with assuming quadriliteral √, Thes Sta§ 243); — בַּסּ ׳הִכּוּ [Gen 19:11] (J) they smote the men with sudden blindness, compare [2Kin 6:18]; [2:18] (all cases miraculous, and in Kings temporary).