1 Chronicles 17:20:21 Chr.17.20.W2TAB
אֵ֣ין
en
“there is not”
- Transliteration
- EN
- Extended
- EEN
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- there is not
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
EN
- phraseyour reading level
EN ka-MO-kha
- clause
ye-ho-VAH EN ka-MO-kha ve-EN e-lo-HIM zu-la-TE-kha
- sentence
ye-ho-VAH EN ka-MO-kha ve-EN e-lo-HIM zu-la-TE-kha be-KHOL a-SHER-sha-MA-e-nu be-oz-NE-nu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the existential particle ein {אֵין | ʾēn} ‘there is not’ plus the comparative prepositional phrase kamōkā {כָּמֹכָֽךָ | kā-mō-ḵā} ‘like you’ to stress YHWH’s {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} uniqueness.
Root and etymology
ayin-yod-nunʾ-y-n
“nonexistence”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:20
LORD , there is none like You; there is no God besides You in all that we have heard with our ears.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 17:20, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣ין (en) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.17.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.20.W2.S1) and character.