Exodus 21:24:1Exod.21.24.W1TAB
עַ֚יִן
ayin
“eye”
- Transliteration
- A-yin
- Extended
- AH-yihn
- IPA
- /ˈʕa.jin/
Meaning by language
- English
- eye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
A-yin
- clause
A-yin TA-khat A-yin SHEN TA-khat SHEN
- sentence
A-yin TA-khat A-yin SHEN TA-khat SHEN YAD TA-khat YAD RE-gel TA-khat RA-gel
Exegesis
The prepositional marker tahat {תַּחַת | tă-ḥat} ‘under/in place of’ establishes exact substitution within each of the four noun phrases: ayin {עַיִן | ʿă-yīn} ‘eye’, shen {שֵׁן | šēn} ‘tooth’, yad {יָד | yāḏ} ‘hand’, and regel {רֶגֶל | re-gel} ‘foot’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–yod–nun
“eye”
In context — Exodus 21:24
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 21:24, so the Hebrew word עַ֚יִן (ayin) 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 Exod.21.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.24.W1.S1) and character.