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Genesis 39:9

“There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַיִןʼayin · ah'-yin
H369 · Hebrew

Definition: a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
Derivation: as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist;
KJV renderings: else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).
Grammar: אֵינֶ֨ — particle (negative)
נּוּ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HTn/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 790 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5 Genesis 5:24 Genesis 7:8 Genesis 11:30 Genesis 19:31

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.