אַי
ay
“where?”
Definition
where? hence how?
perhaps from H370 (אַיִן);
- whereto ?, whence? 2) which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Intg
H:Intg
H:Intg
Occurrences
אַי appears 37 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Which way did he go?” their father asked.And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
This is what the LORD says:“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorcewith which I sent her away?Or to which of My creditorsdid I sell you?Look, you were sold for your iniquities,and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
he will perish forever, like his own dung;those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.