Word Study · Strong's H345 · Hebrew
אַיָּה
Ayah
ah-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼAyâh
“Ajah, the name of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ajah, the name of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Aiah, Ajah.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- אַיָּ֑ה1
- אַיָּה֙1
- אַיָּ֨ה1
- אַיָּ֖ה1
- אַיָּ֥ה1
- וְאַיָּ֣ה1
How it is rendered · 2
- Aiah5
- and Aiah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)5
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 5
- HC/Npm · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel4 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 3:7אַיָּ֑הʾaiyahproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”here: Aiah
- 2 Samuel 21:8אַיָּה֙ʾaiyahproper noun (a name)But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.here: Aiah
- 2 Samuel 21:10אַיָּ֨הʾaiyahproper noun (a name)And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.here: Aiah
- 2 Samuel 21:11אַיָּ֖הʾaiyahproper noun (a name)When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,here: Aiah
Same headword in Strong's