Ezekiel 16:5:3Ezek.16.5.W3TAB
עַ֗יִן
ayin
“an eye”
- Transliteration
- A-yin
- Extended
- A-yihn
- IPA
- /ˈʕajin/
Meaning by language
- English
- an eye
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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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Word in context
- word
A-yin
- clause
lo-KHA-sa a-LAI-yekh A-yin la-a-SOT LA-kh a-KHAT me-EL-le le-khum-LA a-LA-yekh
- sentence
lo-KHA-sa a-LAI-yekh A-yin la-a-SOT LA-kh a-KHAT me-EL-le le-khum-LA a-LA-yekh va-tush-le-KHI el-pe-NE ha-sa-DE be-GO-al naf-SHE-kh be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TA-kh
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} expressing categorical negation, followed by the Qal perfect chasah {חָסָה | ḥāsāh} “pitied” with the personified subject ayin {עַיִן | ʿayin} “eye,” a metonym for attentive regard.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-nayin–yod–nun
“eye, sight”
In context — Ezekiel 16:5
No eye pitied you to do for you one of these things in compassion; but you were thrown into the open field, because you were loathed on the day you were born.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 16:5, so the Hebrew word עַ֗יִן (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 Ezek.16.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.5.W3.S1) and character.