אַיֵּה
Used: 48 times · Key: 346 · BDB: אַיֵּה
Glosses
where? (48)
Meaning (OSHB)
where? tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
interr.adv. Where? tree →
The whole BDB entry
(lengthened from אַי, cf. הֵן & הִנֵּה) interr.adv. Where? Gn 18:9; 19:5; 22:7; the most gen. term expressing this idea, used of both persons & things (but never with a verb [contrast אֵיפֹה]); often in poet. or elevated style, where the answer nowhere is expected, Is 33:18; 36:19; 51:13 Je 2:28 (cf. Dt 32:37 אֵי) 17:15; 37:19, Jb 15:23 he wandereth abroad for bread אַיֵּה (saying Where is it? 21:28 Zc 1:5 (אַיֵּה־הֵם); in the (iron.) phrase where is thy (their) God? †ψ 42:4, 11; 79:10; 115:2 (אַיֵּה־נָא) Jo 2:17; rhetorically, of an earnest inquiry Je 2:6, 8 Job 35:10, or longing Is 63:11, 15 Ju 6:13.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אַיֵּה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
לָ֭מָּה יֹאמְר֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם אַיֵּה־נָ֝֗א אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃
Word for word: why? will.they.say the nations where? please God [is].their
JPS 1917: Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is now their God?'
כִּ֤י תֹֽאמְר֗וּ אַיֵּ֥ה בֵית־נָדִ֑יב וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה אֹ֤הֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃
Word for word: (dm) you.say where? [is.the].house of.a.noble.[person] and where? [is.the].tent of.[the].dwelling.places of.wicked.[people]
JPS 1917: For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'
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