29:18 Is 57:1 Ez 38:1
1;
cf.
בְּלֹא
. (
β
) of time
=
when there was
(
were
)
not
Pr 8:24
(×2).
b.
•
כְּאֵין
Is 59:10
כְּאֵין עֵינַיִם
poet. for
כַּאֲשֶׁר אֵין לֹו עֵינַיִם
(
cf.
Ew
§ 286 g Ges
§ 152. 1 h
).
c.
•
לְאֵין
(
α
) for
לַאֲשֶׁר אֵין לֹו
Is 40:2
9; in late prose
2 Ch 14:10 Ne 8:1
0. (
β
)
in the condition of not
… (
ל
of state,
v.
sub
ל
)
=
without
or
so that not
… (peculiar to Ch),
1 Ch 22:4
cedar trees
לְאֵין מִסְפָּר
without
number,
2 Ch 14:12
and there fell of the Cushites
לְאֵין־לָהֶם מִחְיָה
so that they had none
remaining alive,
20:25
מַשָּׂא לְאֵין
so that there was no
carrying away,
21:18 Ezr 9:1
4. (
γ
)
עַד־לְאֵין
(see
עַד ל׳
),
2 Ch 36:16
until there was no
remedy (
cf.
…
עַד אֵין
ψ 40:13
Jb 5:
9).
d.
מֵאֵין
(
α
) (
מִן
causal)
from lack of
…
Is 50:2 Je 7:3
2;
19:11 Ez 34:
8. (
β
) (
v.
מִן
7
b) proposes
away from there being no
… (with
אֵין
pleon.,
cf.
מִבְּלִי
, and
מִבְּלִי אֵין
), i.e.
so that not
…,
without
, mostly epexegetical of some term expressing desolation:
Is 5:9
Surely many houses shall be desolate
מֵאֵין יֹושֵׁב
without
inhabitant,
6:11
+
often Je & Zp;
Is 6:11
מֵאֵין אָדָם
,
Je 32:43
מֵאֵין אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה
33:1
0,
12 Ez 33:2
8;
La 3:49
. Once
sq. inf.
Mal 2:13
so that there is no
regarding more. (
γ
) in
Je 10:6
,
7
מֵאֵין כָּמֹוךָ
,
מֵאֵין
is supposed by some to
=
a strengthened
אֵין
,
even none, none at all;
but it is difficult to justify this expl. logically; and it is preferable to point
מֵאַיִן כָּמֹוךָ
whence
is any like thee?
cf.
30:
7. (So
Mich v. Dr
Hbr ii.34–7.)
• אִין S 371 TWOT 81 GK 403 1 S 21:9 … וְאִין יֶשׁ־פֹּה prob. irreg. for אֵין (so Ki Ges Ew § 213 e, 286 h Ol 640 Sta § 194 c) with יֵשׁ pleon. (as ψ 135:17 ); > dialect. = Aramaic ܐܻܝܢ ( ˒in ), אִין num? ( De , but v. Dr Sm ad loc. )
• אֵיפָה S 374 TWOT 82 GK 40635 , אֵפָה n.f. ephah ( etym. dub., Ö οιφι etc., cf. Copt. ôipi , Thes Lag Or . ii. 2 & cit. ) — א׳ Nu 5:15 +; אֵפָה Ex 16:36 +; cstr. אֵיפַת Lv 19:36 +;— ephah , a grain-measure. 1. a certain quantity of wheat, barley, etc. = ten omers ( עֹמֶר ) Ex 16:36 ( cf. in measure of offerings Lv 5:11 ; 6:13 Nu 5:1 5; 28:5 , all עֲשִׂירִית הָא׳ ; = 1/10 chomer ( חֹמֶר ) Ez 45:11 ( = bath, בַּת , liqu. meas. q.v. ) cf. Is 5:1 0; chiefly of offerings, v. supr. & 1 S 1:24 Ez 45:13 (×2), 24 (×3); 46:5 (×2), 7 (×3), 11 (×3), 14 ; cf. Ju 6:1 9, but also of food 1 S 17:17 cf. Ru 2:17 & Is 5:10 supr. 2. receptacle or measure, holding an ephah , in proph. vision Zc 5:6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ; just measure אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק Lv 19:36 ( || מֹאזְנֵי־צ׳ , אַבְנֵי־צ׳ , הִין צ׳ ) cf. Ez 45:1 0, 11 ; שְׁלֵמָה וָצ׳ אֵיפָה Dt 25:15 ( || אֶבֶן
Hbr Hebraica.