Judges 18:1:3Judg.18.1.W3TAB
אֵ֥ין
en
“there was not”
- Transliteration
- EN
- Extended
- EEN
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- there was 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 u-va-ya-MIM ha-HEM SHE-vet ha-da-NI me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA la-SHE-vet KI lo-NAF-la LO ad-ha-YOM ha-HU be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL be-na-kha-LA
Exegesis
The existential ’ên {אֵין | ’ên} ‘there is not’ paired with melekh {מֶלֶךְ | mêleḵ} ‘king’ underscores the absence of royal authority.
In context — Judges 18:1
In that era there was no king in Israel, and the Danite tribe was looking for its own inheritance to live in, because up to that time no inheritance had been assigned to them among the tribes of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 18:1, 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.18.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.1.W3.S1) and character.