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ʾay אַי ‘where?’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: perhaps from ʾayin אַ֫יִן ‘whence?’
Roots: אין

ʾay adv
1) where?, whence?
2) which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb)

Mentioned in Genesis 3:9, 4:9, 16:8 Deuteronomy 32:37 Judges 13:6 1 Samuel 26:16, 30:13, 9:18, 25:11 2 Samuel 15:2, 1:3, 1:13 1 Kings 13:12, 22:24 2 Kings 3:8, 19:13 Isaiah 50:1, 19:12, 66:1 Jeremiah 5:7, 6:16 Jonah 1:8 Nahum 3:17 Job 20:7, 38:19, 38:24, 2:2, 28:12, 28:20, 35:10 Ecclesiastes 2:3, 11:6 Esther 7:5 2 Chronicles 18:23

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