Biblical Hebrew · Pronouns and Logic Words

There is / there is not

BH-037Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

יֵשׁ · אֵין

Transliterationyesh · ein

Plain meaningthere is/are · there is/are not

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There is / there is not

These words express existence, availability, or presence. יֵשׁ says something exists or is present; אֵין negates that existence. With attached person forms, אֵין can also produce expressions meaning someone does not have or is not present.

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יֵשׁ · אֵין

ORIGINAL

BH-037

yesh · ein

READING

Approved transliteration

there is/are · there is/are not

MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

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There is / there is not

יֵשׁ and אֵין answer whether something exists or is present.