Genesis 29:4:5Gen.29.4.W5PAT

מֵאַ֣יִן

meayin

from where

Transliteration
me-A-yin
Extended
meh-AA-yihn
IPA
/meː.ˈʔa.jin/

Meaning by language

English
from where
French
d’où
Spanish
de dónde
Portuguese
de onde
German
woher
Russian
откуда
Arabic-Simplified
من أين
Hindi
कहाँ से
Chinese-Simplified
从哪里
Korean
어디에서
Indonesian
dari mana
Bengali
কোথা থেকে
Tagalog
mula saan
Swahili
kutoka wapi
Amharic
ከየት
Yoruba
láti ibo
Igbo
site ebee
Twi
efi he
Ewe
tso afi kae

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Result
מֵ + אַ֣ + יִן
me + a + yin
meayin

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-A-yin

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-A-yin a-TEM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer la-HEM ya-a-KOV a-KHAI me-A-yin a-TEM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer la-HEM ya-a-KOV a-KHAI me-A-yin a-TEM va-yo-me-RU me-kha-RAN a-nakh-NU

In contextGenesis 29:4

said to them Jacob my brothers from where are you they said from Haran we are

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 29:4, 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 Gen.29.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.4.W5.S1) and character.