אַיʼay
how?, aiu
Pronunciation: ah'ee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H335
Meanings
1. where?
a. where (Genesis 3:9; Exodus 2:20; Job 14:10)
b. where, then?, person (Esther 7:5; 1 Kings 22:24; 2 Chronicles 18:23)
2. prefixed to other adverbs or pronouns, אֵי imparts to them an interrogative force
a. which (Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 11:6)
b. whence? (Genesis 16:8; 1 Samuel 30:13; 2 Samuel 1:3)
c. upon what ground?, how (Jeremiah 5:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 39 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 3:9 Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
- Genesis 4:9 Afterward the Lord asked Cain, “Where is your brother? Where is Abel?” “I don’t know,” Cain responded. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”
- Genesis 16:8 The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied.
- Exodus 2:20 “Then where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave him there? Invite him to come and eat with us.”
- Deuteronomy 32:37 Then he will ask, ‘Where are their gods, the rocks they fled to for refuge?
- Judges 13:6 The woman ran and told her husband, “A man of God appeared to me! He looked like one of God’s angels, terrifying to see. I didn’t ask where he was from, and he didn’t tell me his name.
See every passage
- Genesis 3:9, 4:9, 16:8
- Exodus 2:20
- Deuteronomy 32:37
- Judges 13:6
- 1 Samuel 9:18, 25:11, 26:16, 30:13
- 2 Samuel 1:3, 1:13, 15:2
- 1 Kings 13:12, 22:24
- 2 Kings 3:8, 19:13
- 2 Chronicles 18:23
- Esther 7:5
- Job 2:2, 14:10, 20:7, 28:12, 28:20, 38:19, 38:24
- Proverbs 31:4
- Ecclesiastes 2:3, 11:6
- Isaiah 19:12, 50:1, 66:1
- Jeremiah 5:7, 6:16
- Jonah 1:8
- Micah 7:10
- Nahum 3:17
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).