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title: אַיֵּה — where? · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַיֵּה (346), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 48 times: where?. BDB 1906: interr.adv. Where?. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַיֵּה

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«אַיֵּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **where?** — 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:** 48 times · **Key:** 346 · **BDB:** אַיֵּה

### Glosses

where? (48)

### Meaning (OSHB)

where? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/346/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interr.adv. Where? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/346/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (lengthened from אַי, cf. הֵן \& הִנֵּה) interr.adv. Where? Gn 18:9; 19:5; 22:7; the most gen. term expressing this idea, used of both persons \& things (but never with a verb \[contrast אֵיפֹה\]); often in poet. or elevated style, where the answer nowhere is expected, Is 33:18; 36:19; 51:13 Je 2:28 (cf. Dt 32:37 אֵי) 17:15; 37:19, Jb 15:23 he wandereth abroad for bread אַיֵּה (saying Where is it? 21:28 Zc 1:5 (אַיֵּה־הֵם); in the (iron.) phrase where is thy (their) God? †ψ 42:4, 11; 79:10; 115:2 (אַיֵּה־נָא) Jo 2:17; rhetorically, of an earnest inquiry Je 2:6, 8 Job 35:10, or longing Is 63:11, 15 Ju 6:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַיֵּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/346/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 115:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.115.2/)

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לָ֭מָּה יֹאמְר֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם אַיֵּה־נָ֝֗א אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* why? will.they.say the nations where? please God \[is\].their

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is now their God?'

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[Job 21:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.28/)

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כִּ֤י תֹֽאמְר֗וּ אַיֵּ֥ה בֵית־נָדִ֑יב וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה אֹ֤הֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.say where? \[is.the\].house of.a.noble.\[person\] and where? \[is.the\].tent of.\[the\].dwelling.places of.wicked.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* For ye say: 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?'

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