יין

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־י־ן (y-y-n)

From Proto-West Semitic *wayn-.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈja(j)in/

Noun

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

1. wine (an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%)

   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, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     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

Derived terms

• יין אדום m (yáyin adóm, “red wine”)
• יין לבן m (yáyin laván, “white wine”)
• יֵין נֶסֶךְ (yein nésekh)
• נִכְנַס יַיִן יָצָא סוֹד (nikhnas yayin yatsa' sod)
• סְתָם יֵינָם (s'tam yeinám)

Descendants

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

References

• H3196 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “יין” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language