יין

Hebrew

Etymology

Related to Ugaritic 𐎊𐎐 (yn), Akkadian 𒅆 (īnu) (borrowed from Canaanite), Arabic وَيْن (wayn), Ge'ez ወይን (wäyn, “grapevine, wine”) (Amharic ወይን (wäyn)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja(j)in/

Noun

יַיִן • (yáyin) m (plural indefinite יֵינוֹת, singular construct יֵין־, plural construct יֵינֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. wine (fermented grape juice)

   אני אוהב יינות אדומים ואחי מעדיף יינות לבנים.

   aní ohév yeinót adumím v'akhí ma'adíf yeinót l'vaním.

   I love red wines and my brother prefers white wines.

   • Tanach, Genesis 9:21:

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     JPS

     
     

     וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן־הַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁכָּר וַיִּתְגַּל בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹה׃

     vayésht min-hayáyin vayishkár vayitgál b'tókh 'oholó.
     wayyēšt min-hayyáyin wayyiškār wayyiṯgal bəṯōḵ ʾohŏlō.

     And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

2. (by implication) intoxication

Descendants

• → Yiddish: יין‎ (yayin)
  • → Dutch: jajem

References

• H3196 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible