Judges 17:9:3Judg.17.9.W3TAB
מֵאַ֣יִן
meayin
“from where”
- Transliteration
- me-A-yin
- Extended
- mee-A-yihn
- IPA
- /meːˈʔajin/
Meaning by language
- English
- from where
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
me-A-yin
- phraseyour reading level
me-A-yin ta-VO
- clause
va-yo-MER-LO mi-KHA me-A-yin ta-VO
- sentence
va-yo-MER-LO mi-KHA me-A-yin ta-VO va-yo-MER e-LAV le-VI a-NO-khi mib-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-a-NO-khi ho-LEKH la-GUR ba-a-SHER em-TSA
Exegesis
The interrogative phrase meayin tavo {מֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא | mē-’ā-yin tā-ṯō-w} uses a prepositional interrogative pattern common in biblical Hebrew.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-naleph–yod–nun
“to not be, absence”
In context — Judges 17:9
And Micah asked him, “From where do you come?” And he replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn wherever I may find.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 17:9, so the Hebrew word מֵאַ֣יִן (meayin) 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.17.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.9.W3.S1) and character.