אָ֑יִן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָ֑יִן

   A-yin

   there is not
2. clause🔊 חַ֣י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־גּ֤וֹי וּמַמְלָכָה֙ אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁלַ֨ח אֲדֹנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ וְאָמְר֖וּ אָ֑יִן

   KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin

   as lives or living the LORD your God if there is a nation and a kingdom which he did not send my lord there to seek you and they said there is not
3. sentence🔊 חַ֣י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־גּ֤וֹי וּמַמְלָכָה֙ אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־שָׁלַ֨ח אֲדֹנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ וְאָמְר֖וּ אָ֑יִן וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יעַ אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ וְאֶת־הַגּ֔וֹי כִּ֖י לֹ֥א יִמְצָאֶֽכָּה׃

   KHAI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-GOY u-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo-sha-LAKH a-do-NI SHAM le-vak-KESH-kha ve-a-mer-U A-yin ve-hish-BI-a et-ha-mam-la-KHA ve-et-ha-GOY KI LO yim-tsa-E-kha

   as lives or living the LORD your God if there is a nation and a kingdom which he did not send my lord there to seek you and they said there is not then he made swear or he caused to swear the kingdom {direct object} and the nation that or for not they found you

Exegesis

The shift to ve-amru ayin {וְאָמְרוּ אָיִן | wə-āmərū āyīn} ‘and they said, “there is none here,”’ leads into ve-hishbi’a et ha-mamlakhah ve-et ha-goy ki lo yimtza’kha {וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה וְאֶת־הַגּוֹי כִּי לֹא יִמְצָאֶךָ | wə-hišbîyaʿ ʾet ham-mamlāḵāh wə-ʾet ha-gôy kî lō yimṣāʾəḵā} highlighting the legal intensity of the oath. English ordering is adjusted for subject–verb–object clarity while preserving Hebrew emphases.