ayin · where from?

What it means

ayin (אַיִן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “where from?”.

From what place?

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A question about the place or origin of someone or something.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Numbers×1
• Joshua×2
• Judges×2
• 2 Kings×2
• Job×3
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×1
• Jonah×1
• Nahum×1

• Genesis 29:4

  Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

• Genesis 42:7

  Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he made himself a stranger to them and spoke with them harshly. He said to them, “Where have you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

• Numbers 11:13

  Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’

• Joshua 2:4

  But the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.

• Joshua 9:8

  They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”

• Judges 17:9

  And Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah, and I am going to reside as an alien wherever I may find a place.”

• Judges 19:17

  And he lifted up his eyes and saw the man, the traveler, in the square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”

• 2 Kings 6:27

  He said, “If YHWH does not save you, from where shall I save you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”

• 2 Kings 20:14

  Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where do they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “From a distant land they have come, from Babylon.”

• Job 1:7

  YHWH said to the Satan, “Where do you come from?” The Satan answered YHWH and said, “From roaming the earth and walking about on it.”

• Job 28:12

  But wisdom, from where will it be found? And where is the place of understanding?

• Job 28:20

  But wisdom, from where does it come? And where is the place of understanding?

• Psalms 121:1

  A song for the ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from where will come my help?

• Isaiah 39:3

  Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where do they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “From a distant land they have come to me, from Babylon.”

• Jonah 1:8

  Then they said to him, “Tell us, please, on whose account this evil has come on us. What is your occupation, and from where do you come? What is your country, and from what people are you?”

• Nahum 3:7

  And it will happen that all who see you will flee from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ From where shall I seek comforters for you?”