Numbers 11:13:1Num.11.13.W1TAB
מֵאַ֤יִן
meiayin
“From where”
- Transliteration
- mei-A-yin
- Extended
- mei-AH-yeen
- IPA
- /meː.ʔaˈjin/
Meaning by language
- English
- From where
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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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Word in context
- word
mei-A-yin
- phraseyour reading level
mei-A-yin li
- clause
mei-A-yin li ba-SAR la-TET le-KHOL-ha-AM ha-ZEH
- sentence
mei-A-yin li ba-SAR la-TET le-KHOL-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-yiv-KU a-LAI le-MOR te-NA-la-NU ba-SAR ve-no-KHE-la
Exegesis
The clause opens with the prepositional interrogative meayin {מֵאַ֤יִן | mê-’ā-yîn} ‘from where?’, establishing an urgent request.
Root and etymology
א־י־ן
“nothingness; where?”
In context — Numbers 11:13
From where can I get meat to give to all these people? For they are weeping over me, saying, “Give us meat and we will eat.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 11:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 11:13, so the Hebrew word מֵאַ֤יִן (meiayin) 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 Num.11.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.13.W1.S1) and character.