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Numbers 6:3

“He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יַיִןyayin · yah'-yin
H3196 · Hebrew

Definition: wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to effervesce;
KJV renderings: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Grammar: מִ — preposition
יַּ֤יִן — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 141 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:21 Genesis 9:24 Genesis 14:18 Genesis 19:32 Genesis 19:33

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 יַיִן here.

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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.