Original Language Studio
Numbers 11:13
“Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אַיִןʼayin · ah-yin'
H370 · Hebrew
H370 · Hebrew
- Definition
- where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
- Derivation
- probably identical with H369 (אַיִן) in the sense of query (compare H336 (אִי)lemma אי missing vowel, corrected to אִי)
- KJV renderings
- whence, where.
- Grammar
- מֵ — preposition
- אַ֤יִן — particle (interrogative)
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 29:4Genesis 42:7Joshua 2:4Joshua 9:8Judges 17:9
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.