H0369 H0369
existential negation: there is not; privative: without, for lack of
1. existential negation: there is not — Core sense of non-existence: 'there is not, there is no (one/thing)' — including all person/number inflections (1cs, 2ms, 2fs, 2mp, 3ms, 3fs, 3mp) and with/without conjunctive waw; Arabic consistently uses لَيْسَ (laysa, existential negation) with pronominal suffixes (لَسْتُ, لَسْتَ, لَسْتُمْ, لَيْسُوا, لَيْسَتْ); Korean 없다 (eopda, non-existence verb); Swahili hakuna/hakuwa/hawako (class-inflected non-existence) 738×
AR["لَيسَ","لَيْسَ","لَيْسَ-"]·ben["নেই","নেই-"]·DE["dort-ist-keiner","dort-ist-nein","dort-ist-nicht","es-gibt-keine","ist-nicht","kein","nicht-ist","nichts"]·EN["none","nothing","there-is-no","there-is-none","there-is-not"]·FR["aucun","là-est-aucun","là-est-ne-pas","là-est-non","là-est-pas","rien"]·heb["אין"]·HI["कोई-नहीं-है","नहि","नहि-","नही̃","नहीं","नहीं-है","नहीं-हो"]·ID["tidak","tidak ada","tidak-ada","tidak-ada-"]·IT["la-e-non","là-è-no","là-è-non","là-è-none","non-c'e","none","nulla"]·jav["boten-wonten","boten-wonten-","mboten-wonten","tanpa"]·KO["없다","없다고","없으면","없이"]·PT["nenhum","não","não-há"]·RU["не","нет"]·ES["no","no-está","no-hay","sin"]·SW["In","ata","hakuna","hayuko"]·TR["yok","yok-","yoktur"]·urd["نہیں","نہیں-ہے"]
Gen 19:31, Gen 20:11, Gen 31:50, Gen 40:8, Gen 41:15, Gen 44:31, Gen 47:4, Exod 5:11, Exod 5:16, Exod 8:10, Exod 9:14, Exod 22:2 (+38 more)
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Senses
2. privative: without, for lack of — Prepositional/adverbial sense meaning 'without, in the absence of, for lack of' — often with prefixed מִן (min-ayin) or בְּ (be-ayin) or לְ (le-ayin); Arabic uses distinctly privative prepositions بِلَا (bilā), مِنْ دُونِ (min dūni), بِدُونِ (bidūni), and لِعَدَمِ (li-ʿadami) rather than existential لَيْسَ; Korean 없이 (eopsi, 'without') and 없음에 (eopseum-e, 'in the absence'); Swahili bila ('without'), kwa kukosa ('for lack of') 37×
AR["إِين","بِدونِ","بِدُونِ","بِلاَ","بِلَا","بِلَا-","مِنْ-بِلَا","مِنْ-دُونِ"]·ben["কেউ-ছাড়া","ছাড়া-","ছাড়াই","নেই","নেই-","বিনা","বিনা-"]·DE["es-ist-nicht","ohne","ohne-kein","von-es-ist-nicht"]·EN["without"]·FR["de-il-n’y-a-pas","il-n'y-a-pas","il-n’y-a-pas","sans"]·heb["אין","מ-אין"]·HI["नहीं","नहीं-है","बिना","बिना-"]·ID["tanpa","tanpa-","tidak-ada"]·IT["da-non-c'e","non-c'e","non-c'e'","non-c'è","senza"]·jav["mboten-wonten","tanpa","tanpa-","tanpa-wonten"]·KO["없네","없는","없는-곳에서","없어","없어-","없이","없이-","에서-없는","에서-없이"]·PT["sem"]·RU["без","без-","нет","нет-"]·ES["sin","sin-"]·SW["asiye-na","bila","zisizo"]·TR["-den-olmayan","-siz","değil-","olmadan","olmadan-","olmaksızın","yok"]·urd["بغیر","بغیر-","جہاں-نہیں","نہیں","نہیں-ہے"]
Exod 21:11, 2 Chr 14:11, 2 Chr 14:13, Neh 8:10, Ps 32:9, Ps 88:4, Ps 104:25, Ps 105:34, Prov 8:24, Prov 8:24, Song 6:8, Isa 5:9 (+25 more)
3. sense 3 9×
AR["لا","لاَ","لَا","لَيسَ"]·ben["না","নেই","নেই?"]·DE["nicht"]·EN["not"]·FR["ne-pas","pas"]·heb["אין"]·HI["नहीं"]·ID["bukan","tidak"]·IT["non"]·jav["Boten","boten","boten,","mboten","mboten-wonten"]·KO["아니다","아니면","없는지","없다"]·PT["Não","não","não?"]·RU["-нет","не","нет"]·ES["no","no-hay","no?"]·SW["hapana","la","si","uso-wako"]·TR["degil","değil","hayır","yok","yoksa"]·urd["نہیں"]
4. sense 4 6×
AR["كَ-لا-شَيْءٍ","كَلا-شَيْءٍ","كَلَا-شَيْءٍ"]·ben["-শূন্যের-মতো","প্রায়-নেই","যেমন-শূন্য","শূন্যের-মতো"]·DE["kein","wie-es-ist-nicht"]·EN["almost","are-as-nothing","as-nothing","is-as-nothing"]·FR["comme-il-n'y-a-pas","comme-il-n’y-a-pas"]·heb["כ-אין"]·HI["के-जैसे-कुछ-नहीं","जैसे-कुछ-नहीं","लगभग"]·ID["hampir-","seperti-kosong","seperti-tidak-ada"]·IT["come-non-c'e","come-non-c'e'","come-non-c'è"]·jav["kados-boten-wonten","kados-mboten-wonten","meh-"]·KO["-없음-같도다","같으니라-아무것도-아닌","같이-아무것도","같이-아무것도-아닌-것","거의"]·PT["como-nada"]·RU["как-ничто","почти"]·ES["como-nada"]·SW["kama-si-kitu","karibu"]·TR["az-kalsın","hic-gibi","hiç-gibi"]·urd["ناچیز-کی-طرح","ناچیز-کی-طرح-ہیں","کَ-کچھ-نہیں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
II. אַ֫יִן, אָ֑֫יִן cstr. אֵין subst. proposes nothing, nought (Moab. אן, As. iûnu). 1. †Is 40:23 הַנּוֹתֵן רוֹזְנִים לְאָ֑יִן who bringeth princes to nothing; †כְּאַיִן as nothing, ib. 40:17; 41:11, 12 Hg 2:3 ψ 39:6; almost (‖ כִּמְעַט) ψ 73:2; †מֵאַיִן of nothing Is 41:24. 2. cstr. אֵין, very freq. as particle of negation, is not, are not, was not, were not, etc. (corresp. to the affirm. יֵשׁ…