ayin: whence? Original Word: מֵאַ֫יִן
Part of Speech: adverb
Transliteration: ayin
Phonetic Spelling: (ah-yin')
Short Definition: where
Word Origin
from ay
Definition
whence?
NASB Word Usage
where (15), where* (1).
I. [אַ֫יִן] adverb (from אַי; Assyrian aina, ainu, Arabic  where?  whence?) only in the compound מֵאַ֫יִן17 whence? Genesis 29:4; Genesis 42:7 (synonym אֵימִֿזֶּה e.g. Genesis 16:8; 1 Samuel 30:13) Judges 17:9; Judges 19:17; Job 1:7 (Job 2:2 אֵימִֿזֶּה); used in a rhetorical or poetic style (where אֵימִֿזֶּה would be too prosaic) Numbers 11:13 מֵאַיִן לִי בָּשָׂר whence have I flesh etc. ? 2 Kings 6:27; Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great; מֵאַיִן כָּמוֺהוּ whence is its like ? (see also II. אַיִן near the end) Nahum 3:7; Psalm 121:1; Job 28:12,20; in an indirect sentence Joshua 2:4 (compare אֵימִֿזֶּה 1 Samuel 25:11). I. [אַ֫יִן], מֵאַ֫יִן whence? see below אַי
whence, where Probably identical with 'ayin in the sense of query (compare 'iy); --where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence) -- whence, where. see HEBREW 'ayin see HEBREW 'iy
ū·mê·’ên — 3 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’ên — 1 Occ.
wā·’a·yin — 9 Occ.
wə·’ên — 230 Occ.
wə·’ê·nām — 6 Occ.
wə·’ê·nêḵ — 2 Occ.
wə·’ê·nə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
wə·’ê·nê·mōw — 1 Occ.
wə·’ê·nen·nî — 3 Occ.
wə·’ê·nen·nū — 12 Occ.
ū·mê·’a·yin — 5 Occ.
wə·’în — 1 Occ.
’î·‘e·zer — 1 Occ.
hā·’î·‘ez·rî — 1 Occ.
’ê·p̄āh — 8 Occ.
’ê·p̄aṯ — 2 Occ.
hā·’ê·p̄āh — 2 Occ.
hā·’ê·p̄āh — 13 Occ.
kə·’ê·p̄āh — 1 Occ.
lā·’ê·p̄āh — 4 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 370
16 Occurrences
mê·’a·yin — 11 Occ.
ū·mê·’a·yin — 5 Occ.
Genesis 29:4
BIB: יַעֲקֹ֔ב אַחַ֖י מֵאַ֣יִן אַתֶּ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
NAS: to them, My brothers, where are you from? And they said,
KJV: unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said,
INT: Jacob my brothers where and they saidGenesis 42:7
BIB: וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ מֵאַ֣יִן בָּאתֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
NAS: And he said to them, Where have you come
KJV: unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come
INT: said to Where come said Numbers 11:13
BIB: מֵאַ֤יִן לִי֙ בָּשָׂ֔ר
KJV: Whence should I have flesh to give
INT: Whence meat to give Joshua 2:4
BIB: וְלֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי מֵאַ֥יִן הֵֽמָּה׃
NAS: to me, but I did not know where they were from.
KJV: unto me, but I wist not whence they [were]:
INT: did not know where like Joshua 9:8
BIB: מִ֥י אַתֶּ֖ם וּמֵאַ֥יִן תָּבֹֽאוּ׃
NAS: to them, Who are you and where do you come
KJV: said unto them, Who [are] ye? and from whence come
INT: Who are you and where come Judges 17:9
BIB: ל֥וֹ מִיכָ֖ה מֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֑וֹא וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
NAS: said to him, Where do you come
KJV: said unto him, Whence comest
INT: said Micah Where come said Judges 19:17
BIB: אָ֥נָה תֵלֵ֖ךְ וּמֵאַ֥יִן תָּבֽוֹא׃
NAS: are you going, and where do you come
KJV: Whither goest thou? and whence comest
INT: Where going and where come 2 Kings 6:27
BIB: יוֹשִׁעֵ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה מֵאַ֖יִן אֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑ךְ הֲמִן־
NAS: does not help you, from where shall I help
KJV: do not help thee, whence shall I help
INT: help the LORD where help From 2 Kings 20:14
BIB: הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה וּמֵאַ֙יִן֙ יָבֹ֣אוּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ
NAS: say, and from where have they come
KJV: these men? and from whence came
INT: men these where come about Job 1:7
BIB: אֶל־ הַשָּׂטָ֖ן מֵאַ֣יִן תָּבֹ֑א וַיַּ֨עַן
NAS: to Satan, From where do you come?
KJV: unto Satan, Whence comest
INT: to Satan where comest answered Job 28:12
BIB: וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תִּמָּצֵ֑א וְאֵ֥י
NAS: But where can wisdom be found?
KJV: But where shall wisdom be found?
INT: wisdom where be found how Job 28:20
BIB: וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֑וֹא וְאֵ֥י
NAS: Where then does wisdom come
KJV: Whence then cometh wisdom?
INT: wisdom Where come and where Psalm 121:1
BIB: אֶל־ הֶהָרִ֑ים מֵ֝אַ֗יִן יָבֹ֥א עֶזְרִֽי׃
NAS: to the mountains; From where shall my help
KJV: unto the hills, from whence cometh
INT: to the mountains where cometh shall my help Isaiah 39:3
BIB: הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה וּמֵאַ֙יִן֙ יָבֹ֣אוּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ
NAS: say, and from where have they come
KJV: these men? and from whence came
INT: another these where come about Jonah 1:8
BIB: מַה־ מְּלַאכְתְּךָ֙ וּמֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֔וֹא מָ֣ה
NAS: is your occupation? And where do you come
KJV: [is] upon us; What [is] thine occupation? and whence comest
INT: What business whence come What Nahum 3:7
BIB: יָנ֣וּד לָ֑הּ מֵאַ֛יִן אֲבַקֵּ֥שׁ מְנַחֲמִ֖ים
NAS: will grieve for her?' Where will I seek
KJV: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek
INT: Who will grieve Where seek comforters 16 Occurrences
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