כָּחַל

[כָּחַל] verb paint (eyes) (Late Hebrew id,; Aramaic כְּחַל, ; Ethiopic Arabic ) — only in ׳רָחַצְתְּ כָּחַלְתְּ עֵינַיִךְ וגו Ezek 23:40 (Co reads 3 plural); — see also פּוּךְ.

פּוּךְ noun [masculine] antimony, stibium (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; compare possibly Arabic open, separate; Syriac pulverize; but פּוּךְ perhaps foreign word); — black mineral powder, for increasing brilliance of eyes by darkening edges of lids; ׳וַתָּשֶׂם בֵּפּ עֵינֶוהָ 2Kgs 9:30, ׳תִּקְרְעִי וגו Jer 4:30 (on practice in Arabic see We^{GGN, 1893, 443}; in Egypt, Lane^{Mod.Egypt.ed. 5, i. 45 f.}); figurative Isa 54:11 of dark cement setting off precious stones (but We^{DLZ, Aug. 2, 1890} Che^Hpt and others read נֹפֶךְ q. v.); ׳אַבְנֵי פ 1Chr 29:2 are perhaps stones of brilliant hue of antimony. — compare proper name קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ, and כָּחַל.