a.yin is a negative particle marking the absence, nonexistence, or negation of a person, thing, action, or condition.

Across the supplied verses, this negative particle marks that someone or something is absent, unavailable, nonexistent, or not occurring; it can negate people and objects, responses and actions, and statements of comparison or exclusivity.

1. Negative particle marking absence or nonexistence · dominant

   Marked as a negative particle throughout the sample, it frames clauses of absence or negation. In 1 Kings 18:26 and 1 Kings 18:29, the APB renders the failed calls to Baal with “there was no voice” and “no one answered”; in 1 Samuel 17:50, it renders David's lack of a weapon as “there was no sword in David's hand.” In 1 Chronicles 17:20 and 1 Samuel 2:2, the clauses deny any comparable being besides the LORD.

   1 Kings 18:261 Kings 18:291 Samuel 17:501 Chronicles 17:201 Samuel 2:21 Kings 22:7

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB expresses the negative clauses in varied English, including “there was no voice,” “no one answered,” “there was no sword,” and “there is no longer a prophet.” Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these render the clauses' overall negation rather than establishing a fixed English equivalent for the particle.