אישון

Etymology 1
Perhaps from.

Noun

 * 1) A pupil: the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
 * 2) * Deuteronomy 32:10:
 * יִמְצָאֵהוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר וּבְתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשִׁמֹן יְסֹבְבֶנְהוּ יְבוֹנְנֵהוּ יִצְּרֶנְהוּ כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינוֹ׃
 * yimtsa'éihu b'érets midbár uv'tóhu y'lél y'shimón y'sov'vénhu y'von'néhu yits'rénhu k&#39;ishón einó.
 * He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
 * 1)  A bull's-eye: the center of a target, such as an archery target.

Etymology 2
From : a diminutive of. Influenced by the above, if not directly related to it.

Noun

 * 1) A small man:

Noun

 * 1) * Proverbs 7:9:
 * בְּנֶשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה׃
 * b'néshef-b'érev yom b&#39;ishón láyla va'afelá.
 * In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
 * In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

Usage notes

 * Rare except in the expression.