Judges 17:6:3Judg.17.6.W3TAB
אֵ֥ין
en
“there is not”
- Transliteration
- EN
- Extended
- EEN
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- there is not
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
EN
- phraseyour reading level
EN ME-lekh
- clause
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL ISH ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAIV ya-a-SE
Exegesis
The existential clause then uses the negator ein {אֵין | ’ên} ‘there was not’ to assert absence of a melekh {מֶלֶךְ | mê-leḵ} ‘king’ within Yisra’el {בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל | yī-srā-ʼêl}. This nominal construction emphasizes the lack of centralized authority.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-naleph–yod–nun
“to not be, absence”
In context — Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; each man did what was right in his own eyes.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 17:6, so the Hebrew word אֵ֥ין (en) 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 Judg.17.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.6.W3.S1) and character.