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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #346 - אַיֵּה

Transliteration

ʼayêh

Phonetics

ah-yay'

Root Word (Etymology)

prolonged from (H335)

Parts of Speech

interrogative, adverb

TWOT

75a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) where?

1a) of persons, things

1b) rhetorical

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4226 ‑ ποῦ (poo);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Genesis 1

Jeremiah 1

NAS (44)

Genesis 3

Judges 2

2 Samuel 2

2 Kings 3

Job 5

Psalms 5

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 6

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Joel 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 3

HCS (45)

Genesis 4

Judges 2

2 Samuel 2

2 Kings 3

Job 5

Psalms 5

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 6

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Joel 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 3

BSB (48)

Genesis 6

Exodus 1

Judges 2

2 Samuel 2

2 Kings 3

Job 4

Psalms 5

Isaiah 10

Jeremiah 6

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Joel 1

Micah 1

Nahum 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 3

ESV (30)

Genesis 2

2 Kings 2

Job 4

Psalms 2

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 6

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

WEB (2)

Genesis 1

Jeremiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1010) i a (אי AY) AC: ? CO: Place AB: Where: The pictograph i , replacing the e , is the hand and adds the idea of pointing to a place. This root is closely related to the root ea.

A) i a (אי AY) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Where: A search for an unknown location.

N^m) i a (אי AY) - I. Where: II. Iy:An unknown animal. KJV (20): where, what, whence, beast - Strongs: H335 (אֵי), H336 (אִי), H338 (אִי)

G) i e a (אהי AHY) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Where: A search for an unknown location.

N^m) i e a (אהי AHY) - Where: KJV (3): will - Strongs: H165 (אֱהִי)

H) e i a (איה AYH) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Where: A search for an unknown location.

N^m) e i a (איה AYH) - Where: [df: Kyh Kya hwkya] KJV (15): where, how, what - Strongs: H346 (אַיֵּה), H349 (אֵיכָכָה), H351 (אֵיכֹה), H1963 (הֵיךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַיֵּה₄₅ (lengthened from אַי, compare הֵן & הִנֵּה)

interr.adverb Where? Genesis 18:9; Genesis 19:5; Genesis 22:7; the most General term expressing this idea, used of both person & things (but never with a verb [contrast אֵיפֹה]); often in poetry or elevated style, where the answer nowhere is expected, Isaiah 33:18; Isaiah 36:19; Isaiah 51:13; Jeremiah 2:28 (compare Deuteronomy 32:37 אֵי) Jeremiah 17:15; Jeremiah 37:19, Job 15:23 he wandereth abroad for bread אַיֵּה (saying) Where is it ? Job 21:28; Zechariah 1:5 (אַיֵּההֵֿם); in the (iron.) phrase where is thy ( their) God? Psalm 42:4; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 79:10; Psalm 115:2 (אַיֵּהנָֿא) Joel 2:17; rhetorically, of an earnest inquiry Jeremiah 2:6,8; Job 35:10, or longing Isaiah 63:11,15; Judges 6:13.

List of Word Forms

אַיֵּ֕ה אַיֵּ֖ה אַיֵּ֗ה אַיֵּ֛ה אַיֵּ֞ה אַיֵּ֣ה אַיֵּ֣ה ׀ אַיֵּ֤ה אַיֵּ֤ה ׀ אַיֵּ֥ה אַיֵּ֧ה אַיֵּ֨ה אַיֵּ֪ה אַיֵּה֙ אַיֵּה֩ אַיֵּה־ אַיּ֖וֹ איה איה־ איו וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה וְ֭אַיֵּה וְאַיֵּ֖ה וְאַיֵּ֣ה וְאַיֵּ֤ה וְאַיֵּ֥ה וְאַיּ֑וֹ וְאַיֵּה֙ וְאַיּֽוֹ׃ ואיה ואיו ואיו׃ ’ay·yêh ’ay·yêh- ’ay·yōw ’ayyêh ’ayyêh- ’ayyōw aiYeh aiYo veaiYeh veaiYo wə’ayyêh wə’ayyōw wə·’ay·yêh wə·’ay·yōw