1 Kings 18:29:101 Kgs.18.29.W10TAB
וְאֵ֥ין
veen
“and there was no”
- Transliteration
- ve-EN
- Extended
- veh-EEN
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was no
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-EN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN KA-shev
- clause
ve-EN-KOL ve-EN-o-NE ve-EN KA-shev
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-VOR ha-tso-ha-ra-YIM va-yit-ne-be-U AD la-a-LOT ha-min-KHA ve-EN-KOL ve-EN-o-NE ve-EN KA-shev
Exegesis
The triple negation ve’ein {וְאֵֽין | wə·ʾēn} emphasizes complete silence and absence of response.
In context — 1 Kings 18:29
And it happened as midday passed, and they prophesied until the time of the grain offering , but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 18:29, so the Hebrew word וְאֵ֥ין (veen) 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 Kgs.18.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.29.W10.S1) and character.