<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . The specific problem is: lack of organizational structure Please help improve this article if you can . (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The phrase apple of my eye refers to something or someone that one cherishes above all others . </P> <P> The Bible references below (from the King James Version, translated in 1611) contain the English idiom "apple of my eye ." However the "apple" reference comes from English idiom, not biblical Hebrew . The Hebrew literally says, "dark part of the eye ." The Hebrew idiom also refers to the pupil, and has the same meaning, but does not parallel the English use of "apple ." </P> <P> The earliest appearance of the term is found in King Alfred's writing in the ninth century AD . Originally this term simply referred to the "aperture at the centre of the human eye" viz . the pupil . </P>

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