Keraia
Lexicon

אַ֫יִן

a.yinwhere?How to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentQuestion word16 occurrences10 books16 verses

Definition

probably identical with H369 in the sense of query (compare H336) where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
Traditional renderings: whence, where.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אַ֫יִן:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

16 total
  1. Genesis 29:4מֵאַ֣יִן · where
    “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
  2. Genesis 42:7מֵאַ֣יִן · Where
    And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
  3. Numbers 11:13מֵאַ֤יִן · Where
    Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
  4. Joshua 2:4מֵאַ֥יִן · where
    But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
  5. Joshua 9:8וּמֵאַ֥יִן · and where
    “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
  6. Judges 17:9מֵאַ֣יִן · Where
    “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
  7. Judges 19:17וּמֵאַ֥יִן · and where
    When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
  8. 2 Kings 6:27מֵאַ֖יִן · where
    He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
  9. 2 Kings 20:14וּמֵאַ֙יִן֙ · Where
    Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
  10. Job 1:7מֵאַ֣יִן · Where
    “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
  11. Job 28:12מֵאַ֣יִן · But where
    But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
  12. Job 28:20מֵאַ֣יִן · From where
    From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
  13. Psalm 121:1מֵ֝אַ֗יִן · From where
    A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
  14. Isaiah 39:3וּמֵאַ֙יִן֙ · Where
    Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
  15. Jonah 1:8וּמֵאַ֣יִן · and where
    “Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”
  16. Nahum 3:7מֵאַ֛יִן · Where
    Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”