- אֵין
'ayin "no one, nothing"
- In Amos 2:11 in combination
with זֹאת "this/thus" as a question
= "isn't it so";
- in 3:4 & 5,
as one of a series
of ways to ask rhetorical questions;
- while in both 5:2 &
6 'ayin expresses
the absence of a savior (if Adonai can no longer be expected to perform this
role).