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H0335אַיay

where?Part of speech: Hebrew Interogative

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Occurrences by book

  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. 1
  18. 8
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. 1
  21. 2
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 4
  24. 2
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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39 occurrences in 37 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 3:9

    And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?'

    אַיֶּֽכָּה׃ (אַיֶּֽ) 'ai.Ye. “where [are]?”

  2. Genesis 4:9

    And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Where is Abel thy brother?' And he said: 'I know not; am I my brother's keeper?'

    אֵ֖י 'ei “where?”

  3. Genesis 16:8

    And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.'

    אֵֽי־ 'ei- “where?”

  4. Exodus 2:20

    And he said unto his daughters: 'And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.'

    וְאַיּ֑וֹ (אַיּ֑) 'ai.Y “where [is]?”

  5. Deuteronomy 32:37

    And it is said: Where are their gods, the rock in whom they trusted;

    אֵ֣י 'ei “where?”

  6. Judges 13:6

    Then the woman came and told her husband, saying: 'A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name;

    אֵֽי־ 'ei- “where?”

  7. 1 Samuel 9:18

    Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.'

    אֵי־ 'ei- “where?”

  8. 1 Samuel 25:11

    shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?'

    אֵ֥י 'ei “where?”

  9. 1 Samuel 26:16

    This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye deserve to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD'S anointed. And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.'

    אֵֽי־ 'ei- “where?”

  10. 1 Samuel 30:13

    And David said unto him: 'To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou?' And he said: 'I am a young Egyptian, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

    וְאֵ֥י (אֵ֥י) 'Ei “where?”

  11. 2 Samuel 1:3

    And David said unto him: 'From whence comest thou?' And he said unto him: 'Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.'

    אֵ֥י 'ei “where?”

  12. 2 Samuel 1:13

    And David said unto the young man that told him: 'Whence art thou?' And he answered: 'I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.'

    אֵ֥י 'ei “where?”

  13. 2 Samuel 15:2

    And Absalom used to rise up early, and stand beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said: 'Of what city art thou?' And he said: 'Thy servant is

    אֵֽי־ 'ei- “where?”

  14. 1 Kings 13:12

    And their father said unto them: 'What way went he?' For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah.

    אֵֽי־ 'ei- “where?”

  15. 1 Kings 22:24

    Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the check, and said: 'Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?'

    אֵי־ 'ei- “where?”

  16. 2 Kings 3:8

    And he said: 'Which way shall we go up?' And he answered: 'The way of the wilderness of Edom.'

    אֵי־ 'ei- “where?”

  17. 2 Kings 19:13

    Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'

    אַיּ֤וֹ (אַיּ֤) 'ai.Y “where [is]?”

  18. 2 Chronicles 18:23

    Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the check, and said: 'Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?'

    אֵ֣י 'ei “where?”

  19. Esther 7:5

    Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen: 'Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?'

    וְאֵֽי־ (אֵֽי) 'ei- “where?”

  20. Job 2:2

    And the LORD said unto Satan: 'From whence comest thou?' And Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.'

    אֵ֥י 'ei “where?”

  21. Job 14:10

    But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?

    וְאַיּֽוֹ׃ (אַיּֽ) 'ai.Y “where [is]?”

  22. Job 20:7

    Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'

    אַיּֽוֹ׃ (אַיּֽ) 'ai.Y “where [is]?”

  23. Job 28:12

    But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?

    וְאֵ֥י (אֵ֥י) 'Ei “where?”

  24. Job 28:20

    Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

    וְאֵ֥י (אֵ֥י) 'Ei “where?”

  25. Job 38:19

    Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;

    אֵי־ 'ei- “where?”אֵי־ 'ei- “where?”