אין ספק.

there is no

Breakdown of אין ספק.

• ספק: doubt

Questions & Answers about אין ספק.

How do you pronounce אין ספק?

It is usually pronounced ein saFEK.

• אין = ein
• ספק here = saFEK (stress on the last syllable)

A rough English approximation for ein is the vowel sound in rain, but shorter.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Hebrew often does not use a separate word for is/are in the present tense.

So אין ספק is literally something like:

• אין = there is not / there isn’t
• ספק = doubt

So the whole sentence is literally There is no doubt.

What exactly does אין mean here?

Here, אין is the standard Hebrew word used to say that something does not exist or is not present.

In other words, it means:

• there is no...
• there isn’t...
• sometimes there are no...

That is why אין ספק means there is no doubt.