Strong's Concordance ay: where? Original Word: אַיPart of Speech: interrogative adverb Transliteration: ay Phonetic Spelling: (ah'ee) Short Definition: where Brown-Driver-Briggs [אַי] (1. interrogative adverb where? a. so with suffix אַיֶּ֫כָּה [a verbal form, see Sta§ 355 b. 3] Genesis 3:9; אַיּוֺ Exodus 2:20, poetry where is he? = he is nowhere Job 14:10; Job 20:7 (Jeremiah 37:19 read Qr אַיֵּה); אַיָּם Nahum 3:17 (in indirect question) and the place thereof is not known, אַיָּם where they are. Idiomatically, with the suffix anticipating the noun to which it refers (Ew§ 309 c, compare DrSm. i. 21, 14) 2 Kings 19:13 אַיּוֺ מֶלֶחחֲֿמָת where is he, the king of Hamath? ("" Isaiah 37:13 אַיֵּה) Isaiah 19:12; Micah 7:10. When used alone, or with other adverbs (see below), it is contracted to אֵי Genesis 4:9; Deuteronomy 32:37; 1 Samuel 26:16; Proverbs 31:4 Qr. (The more usual form is אַיֵּה.) b. strengthened by the enclitic זֶה (see זֶה, 4 אֵיזֶֿה15 where, then ? (never of a person, except Esther 7:5 (late), & only once 1 Kings 22:24 [but see 2 Chronicles 18:23] with a verb) Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 66:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 6:16, in indirect question 1 Samuel 9:18; in the phrase אֵיזֶֿה הַדֶּרֶח ֗֗֗ where is the way (that) . . . ? 1 Kings 13:12; 2 Kings 3:8; 2Chronicles 18:23; Job 38:19 a. 24. 2 prefixed to other adverbs or pron., אֵי imparts to them an interrogative force: thus a. אֵיזֶֿה which (of two or more)? only Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 11:6 (late), in indirect question b. אֵימִֿזֶּה whence ? (מִזֶּה = hence; see below זֶה) Genesis 16:8 אֵימִֿזֶּה בָאתְ 1 Samuel 30:13; 2 Samuel 1:3,13; Job 2:2; in indirect question Judges 13:6; 1 Samuel 25:11; with substantive annexed 2 Samuel 15:2 אֵימִֿזֶּה עִיר אַתָּה literally whence, as regards city, art thou ? Jonah 1:8. c. אֵילָֿזֹאת Jeremiah 5:7 upon what ground ? (ᵑ9 super quo? how? With other adverbs, אֵי coalesces into one word, see אֵיכָה, אֵיכָכָה, אֵיפֹה. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance how, what, whence, where, whether, which way Perhaps from 'aiyn; where? Hence how? -- how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way). see HEBREW 'aiyn Forms and Transliterations אֵ֖י אֵ֣י אֵ֤י אֵ֥י אֵֽי־ אֵי־ אַ֭יֵּה אַיֶּֽכָּה׃ אַיָּֽם׃ אַיָּם֙ אַיּ֤וֹ אַיּֽוֹ׃ אי אי־ איה איו איו׃ איכה׃ אים אים׃ וְאֵ֥י וְאֵֽי־ וְאֵי־ ואי ואי־ ’ay·yām ’ay·yêh ’ay·yek·kāh ’ay·yōw ’ayyām ’ayyêh ’ayyekkāh ’ayyōw ’ê ’ê- aiYam Aiyeh aiYekkah aiYo ei veEi wə’ê wə’ê- wə·’ê wə·’ê-Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 33536 Occurrences ’ay·yām — 2 Occ. ’ay·yêh — 1 Occ. ’ay·yek·kāh — 1 Occ. ’ay·yōw — 2 Occ. ’ê — 24 Occ. wə·’ê — 6 Occ. Genesis 3:9 HEB: וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ אַיֶּֽכָּה׃ NAS: and said to him, Where are you? KJV: and said unto him, Where [art] thou? INT: Adam and said Where Genesis 4:9 Genesis 16:8 Deuteronomy 32:37 Judges 13:6 1 Samuel 9:18 1 Samuel 25:11 1 Samuel 26:16 1 Samuel 30:13 2 Samuel 1:3 2 Samuel 1:13 2 Samuel 15:2 1 Kings 13:12 1 Kings 22:24 2 Kings 3:8 2 Kings 19:13 2 Chronicles 18:23 Esther 7:5 Job 2:2 Job 20:7 Job 28:12 Job 28:20 Job 35:10 Job 38:19 Job 38:19 |