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H7807 H7807
Conj-w | Adj-msc  |  1× in 1 sense
Lowly of eyes, humble in demeanor or gaze
Job's declaration promises that God saves 'the lowly of eyes'—those whose downcast gaze signals humility rather than arrogance. In ancient Near Eastern culture, body language communicated social position; lowered eyes indicated modesty, submission, or shame, while lifted eyes could signal pride or boldness. This phrase captures an inner disposition through its outward expression. The construct form (lowly + of eyes) is characteristically Hebrew, linking moral quality to physical posture.

Senses
1. sense 1 Found in Job 22:29 describing God's favor toward the humble. The expression 'lowly of eyes' works as a character description—not merely looking down, but being fundamentally humble. The conjunction 'and-' connects this phrase to the surrounding promise about divine justice. Spanish preserves the construct relationship as 'al humilde de' (to the humble of), while French and German bracket the original, suggesting the idiom's difficulty in translation.
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Nature, Class, Example Geography and Space
AR["وَ-مُنْخَفِضَ"]·ben["এবং-নম্র"]·DE["[ושח]"]·EN["and-lowly-of"]·FR["et-ושח"]·heb["ו-שח"]·HI["और-नम्र"]·ID["dan-yang-tertunduk"]·IT["e-e-lowly-di"]·jav["lan-ingkang-andhap"]·KO["그리고-낮춘"]·PT["e-aos-humildes"]·RU["и-поникших"]·ES["Y-al-humilde-de"]·SW["na-mwenye"]·TR["ve-alçak-gönüllü"]·urd["اور-نیچی"]

Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
שַׁח adj. low, lowly;—cstr. שַׁח עֵינַיִם Jb 22:29 lowly of eyes, humble.