Lexical Summary ayin: whence? Original Word: אַיִןTransliteration: ayin Phonetic Spelling: (ah-yin') Part of Speech: adverb Short Definition: whence? Meaning: whence? Strong's Concordance whence, where Probably identical with 'ayin in the sense of query (compare 'iy); --where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence) -- whence, where. see HEBREW 'ayin see HEBREW 'iy Brown-Driver-Briggs H370. ayin I. [אַ֫יִן] adverb (from אַי; Assyrian aina, ainu, Arabic where? whence?) only in the compound מֵאַ֫יִן17 whence? Genesis 29:4; 42:7 (synonym אֵימִֿזֶּה e.g. 16:8; 1 Samuel 30:13) Judges 17:9; 19:17; Job 1:7 (2:2 אֵימִֿזֶּה); used in a rhetorical or poetic style (where אֵימִֿזֶּה would be too prosaic) Numbers 11:13 בָּשָׂר לִי מֵאַיִן whence have I flesh etc. ? 2 Kings 6:27; Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great; כָּמוֺהוּ מֵאַיִן whence is its like ? (see also II. אַיִן near the end) Nahum 3:7; Psalm 121:1; Job 28:12, 20; in an indirect sentence Joshua 2:4 (compare אֵימִֿזֶּה 1 Samuel 25:11). I. [אַ֫יִן], מֵאַ֫יִן whence? see below אַי |
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