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Hebrew intg · H335

אַי

ayah'ee

where?

39 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼay

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H335is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 17
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H335

where? hence how?

The King James renders it: how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

ay is rendered "where?". It stands 39 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.

  • Eight of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 3:9But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
  • The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.

The first use

But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

Genesis 3:9אַיֶּֽכָּה׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eighteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 21 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • where25
  • and where6
  • where ? he3
  • and where ? he2
  • where ? they2
  • where ? you1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

אַיִןayinnothingUses789
אַיִלayilramUses187
אַיֵּהayehwhere?Uses45
אַיִןayinwhere?Uses17
אַיָּלayaldeerUses11
אַיָּלָהayalahdoeUses10
אַיָּהayahfalconUses3
אַיֶּלֶתayelethdoeUsesnot recorded

The words it stands beside

All 39, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

17 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אֵי־9
  • אֵ֣י5
  • אֵֽי־5
  • אֵ֥י4
  • וְאֵ֥י3
  • וְאֵֽי־2
  • אֵ֖י1
  • אֵ֤י1
  • אַיּ֤וֹ1
  • אַיּ֖וֹ1
  • אַיּֽוֹ׃1
  • אַיֶּֽכָּה׃1

and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • question particle25HTi
  • conjunction (“and”) + question particle6HC/Ti
  • question particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HTi/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + question particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/Ti/Sp3ms
  • question particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HTi/Sp3mp
  • question particle + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HTi/Sp2ms

Genesis

three uses
  • But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

    Genesis 3:9

    • אַיֶּֽכָּה׃ʾaiyekahquestion particle + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: where ? you
  • And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

    Genesis 4:9

    • אֵ֖יʾeiquestion particletagged: where
  • “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

    Genesis 16:8

    • אֵֽי־ʾei-question particletagged: where

Exodus

one use
  • “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”

    Exodus 2:20

    • וְאַיּ֑וֹveaiyoconjunction (“and”) + question particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and where ? he

Deuteronomy

one use
  • He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

    Deuteronomy 32:37

    • אֵ֣יʾeiquestion particletagged: where

Judges

one use
  • So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

    Judges 13:6

    • אֵֽי־ʾei-question particletagged: where

1 Samuel

four uses
  • Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

    1 Samuel 9:18

    • אֵי־ʾei-question particletagged: where
  • Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

    1 Samuel 25:11

    • אֵ֥יʾeiquestion particletagged: where
  • This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

    1 Samuel 26:16

    • אֵֽי־ʾei-question particletagged: where
  • Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

    1 Samuel 30:13

    • וְאֵ֥יveeiconjunction (“and”) + question particletagged: and where

2 Samuel

three uses
  • “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.

    2 Samuel 1:3

    • אֵ֥יʾeiquestion particletagged: where
  • And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”

    2 Samuel 1:13

    • אֵ֥יʾeiquestion particletagged: where
  • He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

    2 Samuel 15:2

    • אֵֽי־ʾei-question particletagged: where

1 Kings

two uses
  • “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.

    1 Kings 13:12

    • אֵֽי־ʾei-question particletagged: where
  • Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

    1 Kings 22:24

    • אֵי־ʾei-question particletagged: where

2 Kings

two uses
  • Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of Edom,” replied Joram.

    2 Kings 3:8

    • אֵי־ʾei-question particletagged: where
  • Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”

    2 Kings 19:13

    • אַיּ֤וֹʾaiyoquestion particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: where ? he

2 Chronicles

one use
  • Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

    2 Chronicles 18:23

    • אֵ֣יʾeiquestion particletagged: where

Esther

one use
  • Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

    Esther 7:5

    • וְאֵֽי־veei-conjunction (“and”) + question particletagged: and where

Job

eight uses
  • “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

    Job 2:2

    • אֵ֥יʾeiquestion particletagged: where
  • But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

    Job 14:10

    • וְאַיּֽוֹ׃veaiyoconjunction (“and”) + question particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and where ? he
  • he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

    Job 20:7

    • אַיּֽוֹ׃ʾaiyoquestion particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: where ? he
  • But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

    Job 28:12

    • וְאֵ֥יveeiconjunction (“and”) + question particletagged: and where
  • From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

    Job 28:20

    • וְאֵ֥יveeiconjunction (“and”) + question particletagged: and where
  • Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

    Job 38:19

    • אֵי־ʾei-question particletagged: where
    • אֵי־ʾei-question particletagged: where
  • In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

    Job 38:24

    • אֵי־ʾei-question particletagged: where

Proverbs

one use
  • It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

    Proverbs 31:4

    • אֵ֣יʾovquestion particletagged: where

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

    Ecclesiastes 2:3

    • אֵי־ʾei-question particletagged: where
  • Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

    Ecclesiastes 11:6

    • אֵ֣יʾeiquestion particletagged: where

Isaiah

four uses
  • Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

    Isaiah 19:12

    • אַיָּם֙ʾaiyamquestion particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: where ? they
  • This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

    Isaiah 50:1

    • אֵ֣יʾeiquestion particletagged: where
  • This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

    Isaiah 66:1

    • אֵי־ʾei-question particletagged: where
    • וְאֵי־veei-conjunction (“and”) + question particletagged: and where

Jeremiah

two uses
  • “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

    Jeremiah 5:7

    • אֵ֤יʾeiquestion particletagged: where
  • This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

    Jeremiah 6:16

    • אֵי־ʾei-question particletagged: where

Jonah

one use
  • “Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”

    Jonah 1:8

    • וְאֵֽי־veei-conjunction (“and”) + question particletagged: and where

Micah

one use
  • Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.

    Micah 7:10

    • אַיּ֖וֹʾaiyoquestion particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: where ? he

Nahum

one use
  • Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.

    Nahum 3:17

    • אַיָּֽם׃ʾaiyamquestion particle + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: where ? they

The letters

Gematria 11

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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