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And I had forgotten to post that the word for tear (dim'ah, דמעה) includes those same letters. Reverse order.

I was reminded of the concept of names connected with souls, as within the word soul (neshama, נשמה) is the word name (shem, שם).

Eyes are the windows to the soul, and light is reflected/contained in them. Like the moon.

See, it goes on because the same letter pair (עם)shows up as the outer letters in the word eyes (עינים).

And then by typing that out I see that the inner letters within the word "eyes" total 70, as in 70 souls.

I am aware that the modern spelling is typically עיניים, but I think that is for a dual form for a pair of eyes verses any number of eyes. Details are important.

It's not just any letter combination of 70 [souls] within the nation (am) of Israel that fills the word "eyes" (or rather am, people), but the image they form:

יני

It's a face - two eyes and a nose. Bookended by the letters that spell people, an eye/well/fountain, and water.

I love Hebrew. It's absolutely amazing what eyes can reveal!

Be funny if some member of the Peanut Gallery wished to point out that the letter yud is a hand, not an eye. It would only mean that hand-eye coordination is lacking in some folks, compromising their ability to grasp. ;)

Sunday must be Punday. I am easily entertained.

Oh wait, there's other data coming to mind here:

The 210 years in Egypt are counted from the time Jacob went down to Egypt with 70 souls. The full spelling of am (עם) is ayin (עין) + mem (מם), 130 + 80, which equals 210.

Jacob came to Pharaoh when he was 130.
Moses came to Pharaoh when he was 80 (letter mem = water).

So there are the "bookends" of the 210 years. And as far as names are concerned,

Exo 2:10

And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son; And she called his name Moses; and she said, Because I drew him out of the water: