Questions & Answers about אם אין לך אמון בה, אל תספר לה את הסוד.
Because אין is the normal Hebrew way to say there is no / there isn’t / you do not have in this kind of possession structure.
Hebrew often expresses to have as there is to someone:
- יש לך = you have
- אין לך = you don’t have
So:
- אם אין לך אמון בה literally means if there is no trust to you in her
- natural English: if you don’t trust her
Using לא here would not be the normal phrasing.
Literally, it breaks down like this:
- אין = there is not / there isn’t
- לך = to you
- אמון = trust
- בה = in her
So the literal structure is:
There is not to you trust in her
This is just how Hebrew commonly expresses possession and emotional stance. In natural English, we translate it as:
You don’t have trust in her
or more naturally, you don’t trust her.