וְאֵ֥ין

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאֵ֥ין

   ve-EN

   and there is not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאֵ֥ין שָׂ֝רִ֗יד

   ve-EN sa-RID

   and there is not a survivor
3. clause🔊 וְאֵ֥ין שָׂ֝רִ֗יד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃

   ve-EN sa-RID bim-gu-RAI

   and there is not a survivor in his dwelling places
4. sentence🔊 לֹ֘א נִ֤ין ל֣וֹ וְלֹא־נֶ֣כֶד בְּעַמּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין שָׂ֝רִ֗יד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃

   LO NIN LO ve-LO-NE-khed be-a-MO ve-EN sa-RID bim-gu-RAI

   not offspring to him and not a descendant among his people and there is not a survivor in his dwelling places

Exegesis

The second unit shifts from particle negation to existential negation with wə-ʾên {וְאֵין | wə-ʾên} ‘and there is not,’ forming a verbless clause that asserts total absence: “there is no śārîḏ {שָׂרִיד | śārîḏ} ‘survivor’.”