What does יַיִן (yayin) mean in the Bible?
יַיִן (yayin): Wine as fermented beverage carrying inherent risk of intoxication; used to signify both celebration and moral peril
Hebrew · H3196
יַיִן
Wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
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יַיִן H3196
Pronunciation yayin
What does יַיִן (yayin) mean in the Bible?
יַיִן (yayin): Wine as fermented beverage carrying inherent risk of intoxication; used to signify both celebration and moral peril
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3196?
The BSB source-word alignment has 141 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include wine (39), of wine (18), with wine (13), and wine (10), the wine (8).
Where does יַיִן (yayin) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 9:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (15), Isaiah (14), Genesis (10), Proverbs (10).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It wine 39× Genesis 27:25, Leviticus 10:9, Numbers 6:20, Deuteronomy 14:26
of wine 18× Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 23:13, Numbers 15:5, Numbers 15:7
with wine 13× Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35
and wine 10× Genesis 14:18, Judges 19:19, 2 Chronicles 2:15, 2 Chronicles 11:11
the wine 8× Deuteronomy 28:39, Deuteronomy 32:38, Nehemiah 2:1, Proverbs 4:17
. . . 6× Numbers 6:4, Joshua 9:4, Joshua 9:13, Judges 13:14
Their wine 5× Deuteronomy 32:33, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2, Amos 9:14
by wine 4× Psalms 78:65, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 28:1, Jeremiah 23:9
than wine 3× Genesis 49:12, Song Of Solomon 1:2, Song Of Solomon 4:10
and the wine 2× 2 Samuel 16:2, Daniel 1:16
any wine 2× Judges 13:14, 1 Samuel 1:15
from wine 2× Numbers 6:3, Isaiah 28:7
her wine 2× Proverbs 9:2, Jeremiah 51:7
or wine 2× Daniel 1:8, Daniel 10:3
your wine 2× 1 Samuel 1:14, Ecclesiastes 9:7
[no] wine 1× Deuteronomy 29:6
and wealth 1× Habakkuk 2:5
for the wine 1× 1 Chronicles 27:27
for wine 1× Joel 3:3
from his drunkenness 1× Genesis 9:24
from the wine 1× Psalms 60:3
his wine 1× Esther 7:7
in wine 1× Genesis 49:11
its wine 1× Genesis 9:21
like the wine 1× Hosea 14:7
made from wine 1× Numbers 6:3
more than wine 1× Song Of Solomon 1:4
my wine 1× Song Of Solomon 5:1
of the wine 1× Jeremiah 25:15
of wine [grapes] 1× Jeremiah 40:12
of wine [was provided] 1× Nehemiah 5:18
raisin cakes 1× 1 Chronicles 12:40
some wine 1× Jeremiah 35:5
the flow of wine 1× Jeremiah 48:33
the grapes 1× Isaiah 16:10
when wine 1× Nehemiah 2:1
wine [grapes] 1× Jeremiah 40:10
wine [offerings] 1× Hosea 9:4
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 9:21 הַיַּ֖יִן to its wine Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 9:24 מִיֵּינ֑וֹ to from his drunkenness Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Genesis 14:18 וָיָ֑יִן to and wine Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 19:32 יַ֖יִן to with wine Noun - masculine singular Genesis 19:33 יַ֖יִן to with wine Noun - masculine singular Genesis 19:34 יַ֜יִן to with wine Noun - masculine singular Genesis 19:35 יָ֑יִן to with wine Noun - masculine singular Genesis 27:25 יַ֖יִן to wine Noun - masculine singular Genesis 49:11 בַּיַּ֙יִן֙ to in wine Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 49:12 מִיָּ֑יִן to than wine Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 9:21
Aligned rows 141
Books represented 31
Genesis 10 Exodus 1 Leviticus 2 Numbers 8 Deuteronomy 5 Joshua 2 Judges 5 1 Samuel 7 2 Samuel 3 1 Chronicles 3 2 Chronicles 3 Nehemiah 5 Esther 6 Job 3 Psalms 4 Proverbs 10 Ecclesiastes 3 Song Of Solomon 7 Isaiah 14 Jeremiah 15 Lamentations 1 Ezekiel 2 Daniel 4 Hosea 4 Joel 2 Amos 5 Micah 2 Habakkuk 1 Zephaniah 1 Haggai 1 Zechariah 2
Source forms
יָ֑יִן 14x yā·yin Genesis 19:35, Exodus 29:40, Numbers 28:14, Proverbs 23:20
יַ֖יִן 8x ya·yin Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 27:25, Leviticus 23:13
יָֽיִן׃ 7x yā·yin Numbers 6:20, 1 Samuel 10:3, 2 Samuel 16:1, Isaiah 28:1
יַ֔יִן 6x ya·yin 1 Samuel 1:24, 1 Samuel 16:20, Job 1:13, Job 1:18
וְיַ֥יִן 5x wə·ya·yin Numbers 15:7, Deuteronomy 29:6, 1 Samuel 1:15, Ezekiel 44:21
יַ֣יִן 5x ya·yin Leviticus 10:9, Judges 13:4, Judges 13:7, Nehemiah 2:1
הַיַּ֔יִן 4x hay·ya·yin 1 Chronicles 27:27, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2, Esther 7:7
וְיַ֤יִן 4x wə·ya·yin Numbers 15:5, Deuteronomy 28:39, Judges 13:14, Psalms 75:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 57x Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 22x Genesis 14:18, Numbers 15:5, Numbers 15:7, Numbers 15:10
Article | Noun - masculine singular 19x Genesis 9:21, Numbers 6:4, Joshua 9:13, Judges 13:14
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular 9x Genesis 49:12, Numbers 6:3, Psalms 78:65, Song Of Solomon 1:2
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 6x Genesis 49:11, 2 Samuel 13:28, Esther 1:10, Ecclesiastes 2:3
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 4x Esther 1:7, Proverbs 4:17, Daniel 1:16, Amos 2:8
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 4x Deuteronomy 32:33, Amos 5:11, Amos 9:14, Zephaniah 1:13
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x 2 Samuel 16:2, 1 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 2:15
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Wine as fermented beverage carrying inherent risk of intoxication; used to signify both celebration and moral peril
Source Gloss
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Wine as fermented beverage carrying inherent risk of intoxication; used to signify both celebration and moral peril
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication BDB: wine Usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Prohibition of wine consumption by priests during priestly duties
Wine as mocker, intoxicating drink that leads to derision and folly
Extended warning against excessive wine consumption, its intoxicating effects and consequences
Rechabites' abstinence from wine as religious practice and obedience to ancestral command
Wine and vineyards as agricultural products mourning in context of divine judgment
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Cross-Language Connections
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain