What does עַיִן · יְהֹוָה · תָּמִיד mean in the Bible?
עַיִן · יְהֹוָה · תָּמִיד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "The eyes of the LORD your God are always on it — the land under constant divine watch".
Hebrew · H5869, H3068, H8548
עֵינֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בָּהּ תָּמִיד
An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) · (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God · properly, continuance (as indefinite extension ); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly ); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice
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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
יְהֹוָה H3068 (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
Pronunciation YHWH
God's self-existence and eternity marked by the covenantal name revealing His unchanging, personal relationship with Israel
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תָּמִיד H8548 properly, continuance (as indefinite extension ); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly ); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice
Pronunciation tāmiyd
Marks perpetual, unbroken continuity—especially God's covenant faithfulness and the daily temple sacrificial system
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What does עֵינֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בָּהּ תָּמִיד (einey YHWH Elohekha bah tamid) mean in the Bible?
עַיִן · יְהֹוָה · תָּמִיד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "The eyes of the LORD your God are always on it — the land under constant divine watch".
Full entry for עֵינֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בָּהּ תָּמִיד (H5869, H3068, H8548) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5869, H3068, H8548?
H5869, H3068, H8548 is connected to 7,522 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. The eyes of the LORD your God are always on it — the land under constant divine watch
Strong's H5869, H3068, H8548
Lexical occurrences 7,522 verses Source Gloss
The eyes of the LORD your God are always on it — the land under constant divine watch
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עֵינֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בָּהּ תָּמִיד is a primitive word - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain