Genesis 42:7:12Gen.42.7.W12PAT

מֵאַ֣יִן

meayin

from where

Transliteration
me-A-yin
Extended
meh-AH-yin
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
مِنْ أَيْنَ
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 n'ebee
Twi
efi he
Ewe
tso afi ka

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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 ba-TEM

  3. clause

    va-yit-na-KER a-lei-HEM va-ye-da-BER it-TAM ka-SHOT va-YO-mer a-le-HEM me-A-yin ba-TEM va-yo-me-RU me-E-rets ke-NA-an li-she-BAR-o-khel

  4. sentence

    va-YAR yo-SEF et-e-KHAV va-yak-ki-REM va-yit-na-KER a-lei-HEM va-ye-da-BER it-TAM ka-SHOT va-YO-mer a-le-HEM me-A-yin ba-TEM va-yo-me-RU me-E-rets ke-NA-an li-she-BAR-o-khel

In contextGenesis 42:7

saw Joseph his brothers he recognized them he acted like a stranger toward them he spoke with them harshly he said to them from where have you come they said from the land of Canaan to buy food

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 42:7, 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.42.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.7.W12.S1) and character.