אֵיכָה
Used: 17 times · Key: lemma:אֵיכָה · BDB: אֵיכָה
Glosses
how? (9); how! (6); where? (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
how? 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: headword, part of speech not compared, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (1 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 «אֵיכָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃
Word for word: and they.say how? does.he.know God and.[is] there? knowledge with the.Most.High
JPS 1917: And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
אֵיכָ֥ה אֶשָּׂ֖א לְבַדִּ֑י טָרְחֲכֶ֥ם וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃
Word for word: how? will.I.bear I alone burden your and burden your and dispute[s] your
JPS 1917: How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
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