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Lexicon :: Strong's H162 - 'ăhâ

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אֲהָהּ
Transliteration
'ăhâ
Pronunciation
a-haw'
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Part of Speech
interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily, Oh!
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 30

Strong’s Definitions

אֲהָהּ ʼăhâhh, a-haw'; apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily; Oh!:—ah, alas.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H162 in the following manner: Ah (8x), Alas (6x), O (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H162 in the following manner: Ah (8x), Alas (6x), O (1x).

  1. alas!, oh!, ah!

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲהָהּ ʼăhâhh, a-haw'; apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily; Oh!:—ah, alas.
STRONGS H162: Abbreviations
† אֲהָהּ (آهْ, አህ፡) interjection alas! Judges 11:35; 2 Kings 3:10; 2 Kings 6:5, 15; with ל Joel 1:15 אֲהָהּ לַיּוֺם alas for the day! for etc. In the combination אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יֱהוִֺה Joshua 7:7; Judges 6:22; Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 32:17; Ezekiel 4:14; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 21:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

7:7

Judges

6:22; 11:35

2 Kings

3:10; 6:5; 6:15

Jeremiah

1:6; 4:10; 14:13; 32:17

Ezekiel

4:14; 9:8; 11:13; 21:5

Joel

1:15

H162

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H162 matches the Hebrew אֲהָהּ ('ăhâ),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - Joshua said, “Alas H162, O Lord Yahweh, why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan, only to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to make us perish? If only we had been willing [fn]to live beyond the Jordan!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:22 - And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh, so [fn]he said, “Alas H162, O Lord Yahweh! For now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:35 - So it happened that when he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas H162, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me. But I have opened my mouth to vow to Yahweh, and I cannot take it back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:10 - Then the king of Israel said, “Alas H162! For Yahweh has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:5 - Now it happened that as one was felling a beam, [fn]the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas H162, my master! For it was borrowed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 -

Then the attendant of the man of God arose early and went out, and behold, a military force with horses and chariots was all around the city. And his young man said to him, “Alas H162, my master! [fn]What shall we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:6 -

Then I said, “Alas H162, Lord Yahweh!

Behold, I do not know how to speak

Because I am a youth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 -

Then I said, “Ah H162, Lord Yahweh! Surely You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace’; whereas a sword touches the [fn]throat.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 -

But, “Ah H162, Lord Yahweh!” I said, “Behold, the prophets are saying to them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you true peace in this place.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17 - ‘Ah H162 Lord Yahweh! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - But I said, “Ah H162, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any offensive meat ever entered my mouth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8 - Now it happened as they were striking the people and I alone remained, that I fell on my face and cried out and said, “Alas H162, Lord Yahweh! Are You destroying the whole remnant of Israel [fn]by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 -

Now it happened as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “Alas H162, Lord Yahweh! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to complete destruction?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49 - Then I said, “Ah H162 Lord Yahweh! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:15 -

Alas H162 for the day!

For the day of Yahweh is near,

And it will come as destruction from the [fn]Almighty.

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