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Nonexistence with אֵין

BH-096Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

אֵין מֶלֶךְ

Transliterationein melekh

Plain meaningthere is no king

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

Nonexistence with אֵין

אֵין negates existence or presence. It forms the counterpart to יֵשׁ. When person-endings attach, the family can also express “I do not have,” “he does not have,” and similar relationships depending on construction.

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אֵין מֶלֶךְ
ORIGINAL

BH-096

ein melekh
READING

Approved transliteration

there is no king
MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

REMEMBER

אֵין says the expected person or thing is not present/existent.