Hebrew

Adverb

מֵאַיִן • ‎(me'áyin)

1. Whence; from what place, where.

   מֵאַיִן בָּאתָּ?‎

   me'áyin báta?

   Where did you come from? (to a man)

   • Joshua 2:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַתִּקַּח הָאִשָּׁה אֶת־שְׁנֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים וַתִּצְפְּנוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר כֵּן בָּאוּ אֵלַי הָאֲנָשִׁים וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מֵאַיִן הֵמָּה׃‎

     vatikákh ha'ishá 'et-sh'néi ha'anashím vatitsp'nó vatómer kén bá'u 'eláy ha'anashím v'ló yadá'ti me'áyin héma.
     wattiqqaḥ hāʾiššā ʾeṯ-šənē hāʾănāšīm wattiṣpənō wattṓmer kēn bā́ʾū hāʾănāšīm wəlō yāḏáʿtī mēʾáyin hḗmmā.

     And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said: ‘Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were;

Synonyms

• מִנַּיִן ‎(mináyin)
• מֵאֵיפֹה ‎(me'éifo) (colloquial)

Antonyms

• לְאָן ‎(l'án)