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Wednesday, December 18th, 2024
the Third Week of Advent

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #337 - אִי

Transliteration

ʼîy

Phonetics

Origin

short from (H188)

Parts of Speech

interjection

TWOT

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

alas!, woe!

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

BSB (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

CSB (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

ESV (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

KJV (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

LEB (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

LSB (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

N95 (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

NAS (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Ecclesiastes 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1005) e a (אה AH) AC: Sigh CO: Sigher AB: Where: The pictograph a represents strength of the ox. The e is one looking at a great sight and sighing. Combined they mean "a strong sigh". This can be a sigh when searching as when the ox snorts when desiring food. This root is closely related to ae. (eng: ah; woe)

A) e a (אה AH) AC: Sigh CO: ? AB: ?: The howling of one searching.

N^m) e a (אה AH) - Ah: The sigh of one in exclamation out of a desire. [df: xa ya] KJV (4): ah, alas, woe - Strongs: H253 (אָח), H337 (אִי), H338 (אִי)

B) e e a (אהה AHH) AC: Sigh CO: ? AB: ?: A screaming out of pain.

N^m) e e a (אהה AHH) - Ah: KJV (15): ah, alas - Strongs: H162 (אֲהָהּ)

D) e a i (יאה YAH) AC: Desire CO: ? AB: ?: Rightful ownership of what is desired.

V) e a i (יאה YAH) - Belong: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) appertain - Strongs: H2969 (יָאָה)

J) e f a (אוה AWH) AC: Sigh CO: ? AB: Desire: A sigh out of a desire.

V) e f a (אוה AWH) - Desire: KJV (26): (vf: Hitpael, Piel) desire, longing, covet, lust, point out - Strongs: H183 (אָוָה)

i^f1) e f a t (תאוה TAWH) - Desire: What is good or bad, that is desired. KJV (20): desire, lust, greedily - Strongs: H8378 (תַּאֲוָה)

M) e i a (איה AYH) AC: ? CO: Hawk AB: ?: A bird that flies high searching for food and screeches as a loud sigh.

N^f) e i a (איה AYH) - Hawk: KJV (3): kite, vulture - Strongs: H344 (אַיָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

III. אִי interjection (so in Rabb, see De^{Koh 197} Wr^{Ecclesiastes 490}) alas! (late) Ecclesiastes 4:10 אִי לוֺ (written in ᵑ0 as one word) alas for him (Ew^{§ 309 c}), the one, who falleth, etc. (i.e. who falleth alone) Ecclesiastes 10:16.

List of Word Forms

וְאִ֣יל֗וֹ ואילו veILo wə’îlōw wə·’î·lōw