Word

אַיִן

ʼayin · H370 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences

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Meanings

from where?

A reference to an unknown location; normally used with the purpose of finding out from which location a person or object originates; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that that location does not exist

Examples
2 Kings 6:27 But he said, “If the LORD does not help you, from where am I to help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יָדַעto know 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הֵםthey, them 1
אַתָּהyou 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

13 occurrences in 1 groups

מִןfrom 13

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Near synonyms 3 words

אֵיפֹה ʼêyphôh · H375 · where?: Both lexemes are genuine spatial interrogatives (where/whence questions) that can function as near-synonyms in asking about location or origin.
אַי ʼay · H335 · where?, where, which: Both are spatial interrogatives meaning where or whence, and can substitute for each other in questions of place.
אַיֵּה ʼayêh · H346 · where?: Both words are interrogative adverbs of place meaning where or whence, with an overlapping function of asking about location.

In the other Testament 1 word

πόθεν póthen · G4159 · from where? whence? where?, how, in what manner: Greek πόθεν (póthen, G4159) serves as the direct translation equivalent of Hebrew אַיִן (ʼayin, H370) in interrogative contexts asking 'from where?' or 'whence?', reflecting the semantic overlap of spatial/source origin inquiry across both languages.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Spatial Referents003002005: This lexeme's own occurrences attest this interrogative sense of a real (not merely rhetorical) inquiry about origin: “Jacob said to them, ‘My brothers, where are you from?’ And they said, ‘We are from Haran’” (Genesis 29:4).

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

אַיִןʼayin · H370אָן ʼân · H575 · where?, when? · 41×

Also from the root אַיִן

אִין ʼîyn · H371 · is there ...? · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H370. ayin I. [אַ֫יִן] adverb (from אַי; Assyrian aina, ainu, Arabic where? whence?) only…

H370. ayin
I. [אַ֫יִן] adverb (from אַי; Assyrian aina, ainu, Arabic where? whence?) only in the compound מֵאַ֫יִן17 whence? Gen 29:4; Gen 42:7 (synonym אֵימִֿזֶּה e.g. Gen 16:8; 1Sa 30:13) Jdg 17:9; Jdg 19:17; Job 1:7 (Job 2:2 אֵימִֿזֶּה); used in a rhetorical or poetic style (where אֵימִֿזֶּה would be too prosaic) Num 11:13 בָּשָׂר לִי מֵאַיִן whence have I flesh etc. ? 2Ki 6:27; Jer 30:7 Alas! for that day is great; כָּמוֺהוּ מֵאַיִן whence is its like ? (see also II. אַיִן near the end) Nah 3:7; Psa 121:1; Job 28:12, Job 28:20; in an indirect sentence Jos 2:4 (compare אֵימִֿזֶּה 1Sa 25:11).
I. [אַ֫יִן], מֵאַ֫יִן whence? see below אַי

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0