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title: עַיִן — Ain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַיִן (5871), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Ain. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַיִן

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«עַיִן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ain** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 5871 · **BDB:** עַ֫יִן³

### Glosses

Ain (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5871/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5871/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. לָעָ֑יִן, on NE. border of Can. Nu 34:11, 𝔊 ἐπὶ πηγάς. in Negeb of Judah Jos 15:32 (+ וְרִמּוֹן), Levit. city 21:16 (but 𝔊B Ασα read עָשָׁן, as 1 Ch 6:44), appar. = 19:7 (+ ר׳; assigned to Simeon), וָע׳ ר׳ 1 Ch 4:32 (read prob. וְעֵין ר׳); prob. mod. Umm er-Ramāmīn, c. 18 mils SW. from Hebron, BuhlGeogr.183.—Vid. עֵין רִמּוֹן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַיִן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5871/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.7/)

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עַ֥יִן ׀ רִמּ֖וֹן וָעֶ֣תֶר וְעָשָׁ֑ן עָרִ֥ים אַרְבַּ֖ע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* Ain Rimmon and Ether and Ashan cities four and villages their

*JPS 1917:* Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;

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[1 Chronicles 4:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.32/)

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וְחַצְרֵיהֶם֙ עֵיטָ֣ם וָעַ֔יִן רִמּ֥וֹן וְתֹ֖כֶן וְעָשָׁ֑ן עָרִ֖ים חָמֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and villages their \[were\].Etam and Ain Rimmon and Tochen and Ashan cities five

*JPS 1917:* And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

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