הוֹי

הוֺי₅₁ interjection (onomatopoetic; compare = הוֺ הוֺ Amos 5,16 ᵑ6, = הֵידָד Jer 51,14 ᵑ6; also Modern Aramaic ú hú, ú hú (in a lament), So^{Urmia-Dial. 102. 4}) — expressing usually dissatisfaction and pain, Ah, Alas; Ha (not distinctly Woe! which is אוֺי): used in lamentations, 1 Kong 13,30 and they mourned over him (saying) הוֺי אָחִי Ah, my brother! je 1 Kong 22,18 הוֺי אָחִי וְהוֺי אָחוֺת ֗֗֗ הוֺי אָדוֺן וְהוֺי הֹדֹה, 1 Kong 34,5 וְהוֺי אָדוֺן יִסְפְּדוּ לָ֑ךְ (compare הוֺהֿוֺ Amos 5,16): hence Es 1,4 הוֺי גּוֺי חֹטֵא Ah! sinful nation vEs 1,24 Ah! I will ease me of my adversaries; especially preparatory to a declaration of judgment, Es 10,5 הוֺי אַשּׁוּר שֵׁבֶט אַפִּי, Es 17,12; Es 28,1, often followed by a participle Ah! those that . . ., Es 5,8; Es 5,11; Es 5,18; Es 29,15; Es 31,1; Es 45,9; Es 45,10; Jer 22,13; Amos 5,18; Amos 6,1; Hab 2,6; Hab 2,9; Hab 2,12; Hab 2,15; Hab 2,19; Zak 11,17 + (more sympathetic than אוֺי לְ): followed by כִּי Jer 30,7, אֶל Jer 48,1, עַל Jer 50,27; Ezk 13,3, לְ Ezk 13,18. Sts. hardly more than an exclamation arousing attention Ha! (though perhaps with a touch of sympathy or pity) Es 18,1; Es 55,1; Zak 2,10 (twice in verse); Zak 2,11; Jer 47,6.