אֵיךְ
Used: 61 times · Key: 349 · BDB: אֵיךְ
Glosses
how? (38); how! (23)
Meaning (OSHB)
how? tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
adv. interrog. How? as an exclam. How tree →
The whole BDB entry
(Aramaic אֵיךְ, ܐܰܝܟ [pron. âch]) adv. interrog. How? Gn 26:9 2 S 1:5, 14 1 K 12:6 Is 20:6 al.; of. with impf. (esp. in 1 ps.) in an expostulation Gn 39:9; 44:8, 34 Jos 9:7 2 S 2:22; 12:18 ψ 137:4, Is 48:11 for how should it be profaned? איך תאמר(ו) how canst or dost thou (do you) say …? Ju 16:15 Is 19:11 Je 2:23 (cf. 8:8 אֵיכָה) 48:14 ψ 11:1; in an indirect sentence 2 K 17:28 Je 36:17 Ru 3:18. as an exclam. How! whether of lamentation 2 S 1:19 Je 2:21; 9:18 Mi 2:4 Ec 2:16; or of satisfaction Is 14:4, 12 Je 48:39; 51:41 Ob 5 al.; with intensive force = how gladly! Je 3:19, how terribly! 9:6 (but others render here ‘for how [else] should I do’? etc.), Ho 11:8 acc. to Hi.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 34 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אֵיךְ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אֵ֚יךְ נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ עֵשָׂ֔ו נִבְע֖וּ מַצְפֻּנָֽיו׃
Word for word: how! they.will.be.plundered Esau they.will.be.searched.out treasures its.hidden
JPS 1917: How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!
אֵ֚יךְ נָפְל֣וּ גִבּוֹרִ֔ים וַיֹּאבְד֖וּ כְּלֵ֥י מִלְחָמָֽה׃פ
Word for word: how! they.have.fallen [the].mighty.[ones] and they.have.perished [the].weapons of.war
JPS 1917: How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
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