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ʾōy אוֹי ‘woe!’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably from ʾāwā אָוָה ‘to desire’ ( in the sense of crying out after )
Roots: אוה

ʾōy intj
1) woe! alas! oh!
 1a) passionate cry of grief or despair

Mentioned in Numbers 21:29, 24:23 1 Samuel 4:8, 4:7 Isaiah 3:9, 3:11, 6:5, 24:16 Jeremiah 48:46, 4:13, 4:31, 6:4, 10:19, 13:27, 15:10, 45:3 Ezekiel 16:23, 24:6, 24:9 Hosea 9:12, 7:13 Proverbs 23:29 Lamentations 5:16

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