אַי
Engelsk where?
I GT 42 gange i den hebraiske tekst (BHSA)
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[אַי] (, in Syriac in compounds as how ? WSG 120-2; compare Assyrian aiu, who? what?).
1. interrogative adverb where?
\ \ a. so with suffix אַיֶּ֫כָּה [a verbal form, see Sta§ 355 b. 3] 1 Mos 3,9 אַיּוֺ 2 Mos 2,20, poetry where is he? = he is nowhere Job 14,10; Job 20,7 (Jer 37,19 read Qr אַיֵּה); אַיָּם Nah 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 Kong 19,13 אַיּוֺ מֶלֶחחֲֿמָת where is he, the king of Hamath? (|| Es 37,13 אַיֵּה) Es 19,12; Mik 7,10. When used alone, or with other adverbs (see below), it is contracted to אֵי 1 Mos 4,9; 5 Mos 32,37; 1 Sam 26,16; Ord 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 Est 7,5 (late), & only once 1 Kong 22,24 [but see 2 Kron 18,23] with a verb) Es 50,1; Es 66,1 (twice in verse); Jer 6,16, in indirect question 1 Sam 9,18 in the phrase אֵיזֶֿה הַדֶּרֶח ֗֗֗ where is the way (that) . . . ? 1 Kong 13,12; 2 Kong 3,8; 2 Kron 18,23; Job 38,19 a. 24.
\ \ a. so with suffix אַיֶּ֫כָּה [a verbal form, see Sta§ 355 b. 3] 1 Mos 3,9 אַיּוֺ 2 Mos 2,20, poetry where is he? = he is nowhere Job 14,10; Job 20,7 (Jer 37,19 read Qr אַיֵּה); אַיָּם Nah 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 Kong 19,13 אַיּוֺ מֶלֶחחֲֿמָת where is he, the king of Hamath? (|| Es 37,13 אַיֵּה) Es 19,12; Mik 7,10. When used alone, or with other adverbs (see below), it is contracted to אֵי 1 Mos 4,9; 5 Mos 32,37; 1 Sam 26,16; Ord 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 Est 7,5 (late), & only once 1 Kong 22,24 [but see 2 Kron 18,23] with a verb) Es 50,1; Es 66,1 (twice in verse); Jer 6,16, in indirect question 1 Sam 9,18 in the phrase אֵיזֶֿה הַדֶּרֶח ֗֗֗ where is the way (that) . . . ? 1 Kong 13,12; 2 Kong 3,8; 2 Kron 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 Praed 2,3; Praed 11,6 (late), in indirect question
\ \ b. אֵימִֿזֶּה whence ? (מִזֶּה = hence; see below זֶה) 1 Mos 16,8 אֵימִֿזֶּה בָאתְ 1 Sam 30,13; 2 Sam 1,3; 2 Sam 1,13; Job 2,2 in indirect question Dom 13,6; 1 Sam 25,11 with substantive annexed 2 Sam 15,2 אֵימִֿזֶּה עִיר אַתָּה literally whence, as regards city, art thou ? Jon 1,8.
\ \ c. אֵילָֿזֹאת Jer 5,7 upon what ground ? (ᵑ9 super quo? how? With other adverbs, אֵי coalesces into one word, see אֵיכָה, אֵיכָכָה, אֵיפֹה.
\ \ a. אֵיזֶֿה which (of two or more)? only Praed 2,3; Praed 11,6 (late), in indirect question
\ \ b. אֵימִֿזֶּה whence ? (מִזֶּה = hence; see below זֶה) 1 Mos 16,8 אֵימִֿזֶּה בָאתְ 1 Sam 30,13; 2 Sam 1,3; 2 Sam 1,13; Job 2,2 in indirect question Dom 13,6; 1 Sam 25,11 with substantive annexed 2 Sam 15,2 אֵימִֿזֶּה עִיר אַתָּה literally whence, as regards city, art thou ? Jon 1,8.
\ \ c. אֵילָֿזֹאת Jer 5,7 upon what ground ? (ᵑ9 super quo? how? With other adverbs, אֵי coalesces into one word, see אֵיכָה, אֵיכָכָה, אֵיפֹה.
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Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.