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Lexicon :: Strong's H335 - 'ay

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אַי
Transliteration
'ay
Pronunciation
ah'ee
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Part of Speech
interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from אַיִן (H370)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 75

Strong’s Definitions

אַי ʼay, ah'ee; perhaps from H370; where? hence how?:—how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H335 in the following manner: where, what, whence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H335 in the following manner: where, what, whence.
  1. where?, whence?

  2. which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַי ʼay, ah'ee; perhaps from H370; where? hence how?:—how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
STRONGS H335: Abbreviations
[אַי] (أَىًّ, አይ፡ in Syriac in compounds as NfkyAf 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] 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 מֶלֶח־חֲמָת 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 אֵי־זֶה 15 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 ⬩⬩⬩אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶח where is the way (that)... ? † 1 Kings 13:12; 2 Kings 3:8; 2 Chronicles 18:23; Job 38:19a Job 38:24.
2. prefixed to other adverbs or pronouns, אֵי imparts to them an interrogative force: thus
a. אֵי־זֶה which (of two or more)? only Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 11:6 (late), in indirect question
b.אֵי־מִזֶּה whence ? (מִזֶּה = hence; see below זֶה) Genesis 16:8 אֵי־מִזֶּה 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 אֵי־מִזֶּה עִיר אַתָּה literally whence, as regards city, art thou ? Jonah 1:8.
c.אֵי־לָזֹאת Jeremiah 5:7 upon what ground ? (Vulgate super quo? how? With other adverbs, אֵי coalesces into one word, see אֵיכָה, אֵיכָכָה, אֵיפֹה.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:9; 4:9; 16:8

Exodus

2:20

Deuteronomy

32:37

Judges

13:6

1 Samuel

9:18; 25:11; 26:16; 30:13

2 Samuel

1:3; 1:13; 15:2

1 Kings

13:12; 22:24

2 Kings

3:8; 19:13

2 Chronicles

18:23; 18:23

Esther

7:5

Job

2:2; 14:10; 20:7; 38:19; 38:24

Proverbs

31:4

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 11:6

Isaiah

19:12; 37:13; 50:1; 66:1

Jeremiah

5:7; 6:16; 37:19

Jonah

1:8

Micah

7:10

Nahum

3:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H335 matches the Hebrew אַי ('ay),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - But the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, “Where are you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 -

Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he [lied and] said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where did you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am running away from my mistress Sarai.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 -

“And He will say, ‘Where are their gods,

The rock in which they took refuge?

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - Then the woman went and told her husband, saying, “A Man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the Angel of God, very awesome. I did not ask Him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Then Saul approached Samuel in the [city] gate and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - “So should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - “This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you surely [fn]deserve to die, because you have not guarded your lord, the LORDS anointed. And now, see where the king’s spear is, and the jug of water that was by his head.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man from Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master abandoned me [as useless] when I fell sick three days ago.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - Then David asked him, “Where do you come from?” He said, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - David said to the young man who informed him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner (resident alien, sojourner), an Amalekite.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - He would get up early and stand beside the road to the gate [of the city, where court was held]; and when any man who had a dispute came to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - Their father asked them, “Which way did he go?” For his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 -

But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah approached and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the LORD pass from me to speak to you?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8 - Jehoram said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoshaphat answered, “The way through the Wilderness of Edom.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - ‘Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad [of northern Syria], the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 -

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came up and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go [when he departed] from me to speak to you?”

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) asked Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who dares to do such a thing?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming around on the earth and from walking around on it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 -

Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse;

Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 -

“But where can wisdom be found?

And where is the place of understanding?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 -

“From where then does wisdom come?

And where is the place of understanding?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:10 -

“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,

Who gives songs [of rejoicing] in the night,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 -

“Where is the [fn]way where light dwells?

And as for darkness, where is its place,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 -

“Where is the way that the light is distributed,

Or the east wind scattered over the earth?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 -

It is not for kings, O Lemuel,

It is not for kings to drink wine,

Or for rulers to desire strong drink,

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored with my mind how to gratify myself with wine while [at the same time] having my mind remain steady and guide me wisely; and how to take control of foolishness, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 -

Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle with your hands in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening planting will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 -

Where then are your wise men?

Please let them tell you,

And let them understand what the LORD of hosts

Has purposed against Egypt [if they can].

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1 -

[fn]The LORD declares this;

“Where is the certificate of divorce

By which I have sent your mother away, [O Israel]?

Or to which one of My creditors did I sell you [as slaves]?

In fact, You were sold for your wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing],

And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 -

This is what the LORD says,

“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.

Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?

And where will My resting place be?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 -

“Why should I [overlook these offenses and] forgive you?

Your children have abandoned (rejected) Me

And sworn [their oaths] by those who are not gods.

When I had fed them until they were full [and bound them to Me by a promise],

They committed [spiritual] adultery,

Assembling in troops at the houses of prostitutes (idols).

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16 -

Thus says the LORD,

“Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths,

Where the good way is; then walk in it,

And you will find rest for your souls.

But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19 - “Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then they said to him, “Now tell us! [fn]Who is to blame for this disaster? What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 -

Your guardsmen are like the swarming locusts.

Your marshals are like the hordes of grasshoppers

Settling in the stone walls on a cold day.

When the sun rises, they fly away,

And no one knows the place where they are.

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