Etymology?:
prolongation of ʾay אַי ‘where?’
Roots:
אי
Variants: אֵיכָ֫כָה, אֵיכָה, אֵיךְ
ʾēxᵊ adv
Ainterrog adv
1) how?
Binterrog adv
1) how?
interj
2) how! (in lamentation)
3) expression of satisfaction
C1) how?
Mentioned in Genesis 44:34, 26:9, 44:8, 39:9 Exodus 6:12, 6:30 Deuteronomy 32:30, 12:30, 1:12, 7:17, 18:21 Joshua 9:7 Judges 16:15, 20:3 1 Samuel 16:2 2 Samuel 1:27, 2:22, 1:5, 1:14, 1:19, 1:25, 6:9, 12:18 1 Kings 12:6 2 Kings 6:15, 18:24, 17:28, 10:4 Isaiah 36:9, 19:11, 48:11, 20:6, 1:21, 14:4, 14:12 Jeremiah 3:19, 2:23, 2:21, 8:8, 9:6, 9:18, 12:5, 36:17, 47:7, 48:14, 48:17, 48:39, 49:25, 50:23, 51:41 Ezekiel 26:17, 33:10 Hosea 11:8 Obadiah 1:5, 1:6 Micah 2:4 Zephaniah 2:15 Psalms 137:4, 11:1, 73:11, 73:19 Proverbs 5:12 Job 21:34 Song of Songs 1:7, 5:3 Ruth 3:18 Lamentations 4:1, 2:1, 1:1, 4:2 Ecclesiastes 4:11, 2:16 Esther 8:6 2 Chronicles 10:6