אַיִן
ʼayin(ah-yin')
“where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)”
17 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
Translated in KJV as
whencewhere.
Etymology
probably identical with H369 (אַיִן) in the sense of query (compare H336 (אִי)lemma אי missing vowel, corrected to אִי)
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“And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy foo…”