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Nehemiah 4:17
“They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- וְ — conjunction
- אֵ֨ין — particle (negative)
- Usage
- Occurs 790 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5Genesis 5:24Genesis 7:8Genesis 11:30Genesis 19:31
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַיִן here.
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.