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# אַיֵּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H346

**where?** — used 48 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

where? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/346/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַיֵּה: interr.adv. Where? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/346/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (lengthened from אַי, cf. הֵן & הִנֵּה) interr.adv. Where? Gn 18:9; 19:5; 22:7; the most gen. term expressing this idea, used of both persons & things (but never with a verb \[contrast אֵיפֹה\]); often in poet. or elevated style, where the answer nowhere is expected, Is 33:18; 36:19; 51:13 Je 2:28 (cf. Dt 32:37 אֵי) 17:15; 37:19, Jb 15:23 he wandereth abroad for bread אַיֵּה (saying Where is it? 21:28 Zc 1:5 (אַיֵּה־הֵם); in the (iron.) phrase where is thy (their) God? †ψ 42:4, 11; 79:10; 115:2 (אַיֵּה־נָא) Jo 2:17; rhetorically, of an earnest inquiry Je 2:6, 8 Job 35:10, or longing Is 63:11, 15 Ju 6:13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: where? (48).

## In the verses

[Psalms 115:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.115.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.115.2/#tree)

לָ֭מָּה יֹאמְר֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם אַיֵּה־נָ֝֗א אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* why? will.they.say the nations where? please God \[is\].their

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is now their God?'

[Job 21:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.28/#tree)

כִּ֤י תֹֽאמְר֗וּ אַיֵּ֥ה בֵית־נָדִ֑יב וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה אֹ֤הֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.say where? \[is.the\].house of.a.noble.\[person\] and where? \[is.the\].tent of.\[the\].dwelling.places of.wicked.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/346.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/346/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).