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title: אִין — is it not? · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִין (371), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: is it not?. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִין

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«אִין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **is it not?** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 371 · **BDB:** אִין

### Glosses

not (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

is it not? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/371/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 1 S 21:9 וְאִין יֶשׁ־פֹּה … prob. irreg. for אֵין (so Ki Ges Ew§ 213 e, 286 h Ol 640 Sta§ 194 c) with יֵשׁ pleon. (as ψ 135:17); \> dialect. = Aramaic ܐܻܝܢ, אִין num? (De, but v. DrSm ad loc.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/371/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 21:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.21.9/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ לַאֲחִימֶ֔לֶךְ וְאִ֛ין יֶשׁ־פֹּ֥ה תַֽחַת־יָדְךָ֖ חֲנִ֣ית אוֹ־חָ֑רֶב כִּ֣י גַם־חַרְבִּ֤י וְגַם־כֵּלַי֙ לֹֽא־לָקַ֣חְתִּי בְיָדִ֔י כִּֽי־הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ נָחֽוּץ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said David to Ahimelech and not there.\[is\] here under hand your a.spear or a.sword (dm) both sword my (and).as well.as weapons my not I.took in hand my (dm) it.was the.matter of the.king urgent

*JPS 1917:* And David said unto Ahimelech: 'And is there peradventure here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.'

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