apple (of the eye), black, obscure

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(bursting forth, in Hebrew). The fruit is alluded to (Prov. 25:1111A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. (Proverbs 25:11); Song of Sol. 2:5; 7:85Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. (Song of Solomon 2:5)
8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; (Song of Solomon 7:8)
). Tree mentioned (Song of Sol. 2:3; 8:53As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. (Song of Solomon 2:3)
5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. (Song of Solomon 8:5)
; Joel 1:1212The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. (Joel 1:12)). For figurative use see Prov. 7:22Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. (Proverbs 7:2); Zech. 2:88For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. (Zechariah 2:8); Psa. 17:88Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, (Psalm 17:8); Lam. 2:1818Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. (Lamentations 2:18).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Transliteration:
’iyshown
Phonic:
ee-shone’
Meaning:
diminutive from 376; the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)
KJV Usage:
apple (of the eye), black, obscure