Deuteronomy 21:7:8Deut.21.7.W8TAB
וְעֵינֵ֖ינוּ
veeineinu
“nor did our eyes”
- Transliteration
- ve-ei-NEI-nu
- Extended
- veh-ei-NEI-noo
- IPA
- /vəʕeːˈneːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- nor did our eyes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ei-NEI-nu
- clause
ya-DEI-nu LO shaf-KHU et-ha-DAM ha-ZEH ve-ei-NEI-nu LO ra-U
- sentence
ve-a-NU ve-am-RU ya-DEI-nu LO shaf-KHU et-ha-DAM ha-ZEH ve-ei-NEI-nu LO ra-U
Exegesis
The parallelism of yādeīnû {יָדֵינוּ | yā-ḏê-nû} ‘our hands’ and wə’ênēnû {וְעֵינֵינוּ | wə-ʿê-nê-nû} ‘and our eyes’ underscores bodily innocence.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:7
And they shall answer and say, “We did not spill this blood , and we did not witness it.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 21:7, so the Hebrew word וְעֵינֵ֖ינוּ (veeineinu) 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 Deut.21.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.7.W8.S1) and character.