אֵיכֹה

«אֵיכֹה» in the Tanakh dictionary: where — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 351 · BDB: אֵיכָה

Glosses

where? (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

where tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. interrog. In what manner exclam. How Where tree →

The whole BDB entry

(from אַי and כָּה = כֹּה; cf. As. ekiam) adv. interrog. In what manner? τίνι τρόπῳ; (rather more definite than אֵיךְ = πῶς;) Dt 1:12; 7:17; 12:30; 18:21; 32:30 Ju 20:3 (indirect sentence) 2 K 6:15 Je 8:8 ψ 73:11. exclam. How! (slightly more emph. than אֵיךְ) Is 1:21 Je 48:17 La 1:1; 2:1; 4:1, 2. Where? (prob. north-Isr.; cf. Aramaic אֵיכָא, ܐܰܝܟܳܐ where? Cf. DrIntr. 178, 421) only 2 K 6:13 (K3 אֵיכֹה) Kt Ct 1:7(×2),—each time in an indirect sentence.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֵיכֹה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

2 Kings 6:13

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְכ֤וּ וּרְאוּ֙ אֵיכֹ֣ה ה֔וּא וְאֶשְׁלַ֖ח וְאֶקָּחֵ֑הוּ וַיֻּגַּד־ל֥וֹ לֵאמֹ֖ר הִנֵּ֥ה בְדֹתָֽן׃

Word for word: and he.said go and see where? [is].he so that.I.may.send and so that.I.may.capture.him and it.was.told to him (cmp) there! in Dothan

JPS 1917: And he said: 'Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him.' And it was told him, saying: 'Behold, he is in Dothan.'

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