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title: הוֹ — Ah! · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הוֹ (1930), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ah!. BDB 1906: interj. Ah. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הוֹ

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«הוֹ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ah!** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1930 · **BDB:** הוֹ

### Glosses

alas! (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ah! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1930/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interj. Ah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1930/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** interj. i.q. the more usual הוֹי (q.v.) Ah! Am 5:16 of mourners וּבְכָל־חוּצוֹת יֹאמְרוּ הוֹ־הוֹ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הוֹ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1930/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.16/)

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לָ֠כֵן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י צְבָאוֹת֙ אֲדֹנָ֔י בְּכָל־רְחֹב֣וֹת מִסְפֵּ֔ד וּבְכָל־חוּצ֖וֹת יֹאמְר֣וּ הוֹ־ה֑וֹ וְקָרְא֤וּ אִכָּר֙ אֶל־אֵ֔בֶל וּמִסְפֵּ֖ד אֶל־י֥וֹדְעֵי נֶֽהִי׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Yahweh God of.hosts Lord \[the\] \[will be\].in.all \[the\].open.places wailing and in all \[the\].streets people.will.say alas! alas! and people.will.call a.farmer to mourning and wailing to \[those.who\].know (of).mourning.song\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord: Lamentation shall be in all the broad places, and they shall say in all the streets: 'Alas! alas!' and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and proclaim lamentation to such as are skilful of wailing.

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