עִיּוּן

עִיּוּןm. (עוּן) speculation, meditation, deliberation; ע׳ תפלה a) calculation of the effects of prayer, expectation of the granting of ones prayer as a due claim (v. עיּן Pi.): Ber.55a שלשה דברים … וע׳ ת׳וכ׳ three things cause a mans record of sins to be called up: a threatening wall, calculation on prayer , v. דִּין II. B. Bath. 164b שלש עבירות … וע׳ ת׳וכ׳ three sins man cannot escape every day: impure thought, calculation on prayer ; (oth. opin. the lack of devotion in prayer, v. Tosaf. a. l..b) devotion. Sabb.127a. Ib. 118b קיימית ע׳ ת׳ I fulfilled (guarded the duty of) devotion in my prayers. B. Bath. l. c., v. supra.