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title: אֲהָהּ — alas! · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲהָהּ (162), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: alas!. BDB 1906: interj. alas!. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲהָהּ

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«אֲהָהּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **alas!** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 162 · **BDB:** אֲהָהּ

### Glosses

alas! (15)

### Meaning (OSHB)

alas! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/162/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interj. alas! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/162/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (آهْ, አህ ) interj. alas! Ju 11:35 2 K 3:10; 6:5, 15; with ל Jo 1:15 אֲהָהּ לַיוֹם alas for the day! for etc. In the combination אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יֱהוִֹה Jos 7:7 Ju 6:22 Je 1:6; 4:10; 14:13; 32:17; Ez 4:14; 9:8; 11:13; 21:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲהָהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/162/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.1.6/)

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וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲהָהּ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה הִנֵּ֥ה לֹא־יָדַ֖עְתִּי דַּבֵּ֑רכִּי־נַ֖עַר אָנֹֽכִי׃פ

*Word for word:* and I.said alas! Lord my Yahweh here! not I.know to.speak (dm) \[am\].a.youth I

*JPS 1917:* Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.'

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[Joel 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.15/)

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אֲהָ֖הּ לַיּ֑וֹם כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה וּכְשֹׁ֖ד מִשַׁדַּ֥ייָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* alas! for the day (dm) \[is\].near the.day of.Yahweh and like devastation from.\[the\] Almighty it.will.come

*JPS 1917:* Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

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