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Lexicon :: Strong's H335 - 'ay

Aa
אַי
Transliteration
'ay
Pronunciation
ah'ee
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Part of Speech
interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from אַיִן (H370)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 75

Strong’s Definitions

אַי ʼay, ah'ee; perhaps from H370; where? hence how?:—how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H335 in the following manner: where, what, whence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H335 in the following manner: where, what, whence.
  1. where?, whence?

  2. which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַי ʼay, ah'ee; perhaps from H370; where? hence how?:—how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
STRONGS H335: Abbreviations
[אַי] (أَىًّ, አይ፡ in Syriac in compounds as NfkyAf how ? WSG 120-2; compare Assyrian aiu, who? what?).
† 1. interrogative adverb where?
a. so with suffix אַיֶּ֫כָּה [a verbal form, see Sta§ 355 b. 3] Genesis 3:9; אַיּוֺ Exodus 2:20, poetry where is he? = he is nowhere Job 14:10; Job 20:7 (Jeremiah 37:19 read Qr אַיֵּה); אַיָּם Nahum 3:17 (in indirect question) and the place thereof is not known, אַיָּם where they are. Idiomatically, with the suffix anticipating the noun to which it refers (Ew§ 309 c, compare DrSm. i. 21, 14) 2 Kings 19:13 אַיּוֺ מֶלֶח־חֲמָת where is he, the king of Hamath? (|| Isaiah 37:13 אַיֵּה) Isaiah 19:12; Micah 7:10. When used alone, or with other adverbs (see below), it is contracted to אֵי Genesis 4:9; Deuteronomy 32:37; 1 Samuel 26:16; Proverbs 31:4 Qr. (The more usual form is אַיֵּה.)
b. strengthened by the enclitic זֶה (see זֶה, 4 אֵי־זֶה 15 where, then ? (never of a person, except Esther 7:5 (late), & only once 1 Kings 22:24 [but see 2 Chronicles 18:23] with a verb) Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 66:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 6:16, in indirect question 1 Samuel 9:18; in the phrase ⬩⬩⬩אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶח where is the way (that)... ? † 1 Kings 13:12; 2 Kings 3:8; 2 Chronicles 18:23; Job 38:19a Job 38:24.
2. prefixed to other adverbs or pronouns, אֵי imparts to them an interrogative force: thus
a. אֵי־זֶה which (of two or more)? only Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 11:6 (late), in indirect question
b.אֵי־מִזֶּה whence ? (מִזֶּה = hence; see below זֶה) Genesis 16:8 אֵי־מִזֶּה בָאתְ 1 Samuel 30:13; 2 Samuel 1:3, 13; Job 2:2; in indirect question Judges 13:6; 1 Samuel 25:11; with substantive annexed 2 Samuel 15:2 אֵי־מִזֶּה עִיר אַתָּה literally whence, as regards city, art thou ? Jonah 1:8.
c.אֵי־לָזֹאת Jeremiah 5:7 upon what ground ? (Vulgate super quo? how? With other adverbs, אֵי coalesces into one word, see אֵיכָה, אֵיכָכָה, אֵיפֹה.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:9; 4:9; 16:8

Exodus

2:20

Deuteronomy

32:37

Judges

13:6

1 Samuel

9:18; 25:11; 26:16; 30:13

2 Samuel

1:3; 1:13; 15:2

1 Kings

13:12; 22:24

2 Kings

3:8; 19:13

2 Chronicles

18:23; 18:23

Esther

7:5

Job

2:2; 14:10; 20:7; 38:19; 38:24

Proverbs

31:4

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 11:6

Isaiah

19:12; 37:13; 50:1; 66:1

Jeremiah

5:7; 6:16; 37:19

Jonah

1:8

Micah

7:10

Nahum

3:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H335 matches the Hebrew אַי ('ay),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - Then the LORD H3068 God H430 called H7121 to the man H120, and said H559 to him, “Where H335 are you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 -

Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Cain H7014, “Where H335 is Abel H1893 your brother H251?” And he said H559, “I do not know H3045. Am I my brother’s H251 keeper H8104?”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - He said H559, “Hagar H1904, Sarai’s H8297 slave H8198 woman H8198, from where H335 H2088 have you come H935, and where H575 are you going H1980?” And she said H559, “I am fleeing H1272 from the presence H6440 of my mistress H1404 Sarai H8297.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 -

“And He will say H559, ‘Where H335 are their gods H430,

The rock H6697 in which they took H2620 refuge H2620?

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - Then the woman H802 came H935 and told H559 her husband H376, saying H559, “A man H376 of God H430 came H935 to me, and his appearance H4758 was like the appearance H4758 of the angel H4397 of God H430, very H3966 awesome H3372. So I did not ask H7592 him where H335 he came from, nor H3808 did he tell H5046 me his name H8034.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Then Saul H7586 approached H5066 Samuel H8050 at the gateway H8179 and said H559, “Please H4994 tell H5046 me where H335 the seer’s H7203 house H1004 is.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - “Shall I then take H3947 my bread H3899 and my water H4325 and my meat H2878 that I have slaughtered H2873 for my shearers H1494, and give H5414 it to men H376 [fn]whose H834 origin H4480 H2088 H335 I do not know H3045?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - “This H2088 thing H1697 that you have done H6213 is not good H2896. As the LORD H3068 lives H2416, all of you undoubtedly H3588 [fn]must H1121 die H4194, because H834 you did not guard H8104 your lord H113, the LORD’S H3068 anointed H4899. And now H6258, see H7200 where H335 the king’s H4428 spear H2595 is and the jug H6835 of water H4325 that was at H4763 his head H4763!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - Then David H1732 said H559 to him, “To whom H4310 do you belong? And where H335 are you from?” And he said H559, “I am a young H5288 man H5288 of Egypt H4713, a servant H5650 of an Amalekite H6003; and my master H113 abandoned H5800 me when H3588 I became H2470 sick H2470 three H7969 days H3117 ago.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - Then David H1732 said H559 to him, “From where H335 do you come H935?” And he said H559 to him, “I have escaped H4422 from the camp H4264 of Israel H3478.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - Then David H1732 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who informed H5046 him, “Where H335 are you from?” And he [fn]answered H559, “I am the son H1121 of a stranger H1616, an Amalekite H6003.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom H53 used to rise H7925 early H7925 and stand H5975 beside H5921 H3027 the road H1870 to the gate H8179; and when any H3605 man H376 who H834 had H1961 a lawsuit H7379 was to come H935 before H413 the king H4428 for judgment H4941, Absalom H53 would call H7121 out H7121 to him and say H559, “From what H2088 H335 city H5892 are you?” And he would say H559, “Your servant H5650 is from one H259 of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - And their father H1 said H1696 to them, “[fn]Which H335 H2088 way H1870 did he go H1980?” Now his sons H1121 [fn]had seen H7200 the way H1870 that the man H376 of God H430 who H834 came H935 from Judah H3063 had gone H1980.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 -

Then Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Chenaanah H3668 approached H5066 and struck H5221 Micaiah H4321 on the cheek H3895; and he said H559, “How H335 H2088 did the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 pass H5674 from me to speak H1696 to you?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8 - Then he said H559, “Which H335 H2088 way H1870 shall we go H5927 up H5927?” And he [fn]answered H559, “The way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Edom H123.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - ‘Where H335 is the king H4428 of Hamath H2574, the king H4428 of Arpad H774, the king H4428 of the city H5892 of Sepharvaim H5617, and of Hena H2012 and Ivvah H5755?’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 -

Then Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Chenaanah H3668 approached H5066 and struck H5221 Micaiah H4321 on the cheek H3895; and he said H559, “[fn]How H335 H2088 did the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 pass H5674 from me to speak H1696 to you?”

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 [fn]asked H559 Queen H4436 Esther H635, “Who H4310 is he, and where H335 is he, [fn]who H834 would presume H4390 H3820 to do H6213 such H3651 a thing?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to Satan H7854, “Where H335 have you come H935 from?” Then Satan H7854 answered H6030 the LORD H3068 and said H559, “From roaming H7751 about H7751 on the earth H776 and walking H1980 around H1980 on it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 -

He perishes H6 forever H5331 like his refuse H1561;

Those who have seen H7200 him will say H559, ‘Where H335 is he?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 -

“But where H370 can wisdom H2451 be found H4672?

And where H335 is the place H4725 of understanding H998?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 -

“Where H370 then does wisdom H2451 come H935 from?

And where H335 is this H2088 place H4725 of understanding H998?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:10 -

“But no H3808 one says H559, ‘Where H346 is God H433 my Maker H6213,

Who gives H5414 songs H2158 in the night H3915,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 -

“Where H335 is the way H1870 to the dwelling H7931 of light H216?

And darkness H2822, where H335 is its place H4725,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 -

“Where H335 is the way H1870 that the light H216 is divided H2505,

And the east H6921 wind H6921 scattered H6327 on the earth H776?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 -

It is not for kings H4428, Lemuel H3927,

It is not for kings H4428 to drink H8354 wine H3196,

Or for rulers H7336 to desire H183 intoxicating H7941 drink H7941,

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored H8446 with my [fn]mind H3820 how to refresh H4900 my body H1320 with wine H3196 while my [fn]mind H3820 was guiding H5090 me wisely H2451; and how to seize H270 foolishness H5531, until H5704 H834 I could see H7200 what H335 H2088 good H2896 there is for the sons H1121 of mankind H120 [fn]to do H6213 under H8478 heaven H8064 for the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of their lives H2416.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 -

Sow H2232 your seed H2233 in the morning H1242 and do not [fn]be H5117 idle H5117 H3027 in the evening H6153, for you do not know H3045 whether H335 [fn]one H2088 or H176 the other H2088 will succeed H3787, or whether H518 both H8147 of them alike H259 will be good H2896.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 -

Well H645 then H645, where H335 are your wise H2450 men H2450?

Please H4994 let them tell H5046 you,

And let them [fn]understand H3045 what H4100 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635

Has planned H3289 against H5921 Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“Where H335 is the certificate H5612 of divorce H3748

By which H834 I have sent H7971 your mother H517 away H7971?

Or H176 to whom H4310 of My creditors H5383 did I sell H4376 you?

Behold H2005, you were sold H4376 for your wrongdoings H5771,

And for your wrongful H6588 acts H6588 your mother H517 was sent H7971 away H7971.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“Heaven H8064 is My throne H3678 and the earth H776 is the footstool H1916 for My feet H7272.

Where H335 then H2088 is a house H1004 you could build H1129 for Me?

And where H335 is a place H4725 that [fn]I may rest H4496?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 -

“Why H335 should I forgive H5545 you?

Your sons H1121 have forsaken H5800 Me

And sworn H7650 by those who are not gods H430.

When I had fed H7646 them to H7646 the H7646 full H7646,

They committed H5003 adultery H5003

And stayed H1481 at the prostitute’s H2181 house H1004.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“Stand H5975 by the ways H1870 and see H7200 and ask H7592 for the ancient H5769 paths H5410,

Where H335 the good H2896 way H1870 is, and walk H1980 in it;

Then you will find H4672 a resting H4771 place H4771 for your souls H5315.

But they said H559, ‘We will not walk H1980 in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19 - “And where H346 are your prophets H5030 who H834 prophesied H5012 to you, saying H559, ‘The king H4428 of Babylon H894 will not come H935 against H5921 you or against H5921 this H2088 land H776’?
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then they said H559 to him, “Tell H5046 us, now H4994! On whose H4310 account has this H2088 catastrophe H7451 struck us? What H4100 is your occupation H4399, and where H370 do you come H935 from? What H4100 is your country H776, and from what H335 H2088 people H5971 are you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 -

Your courtiers H4502 are like the migratory H697 locust H697.

Your officials H2951 are like a swarm H1462 of H1462 locusts H1462

Settling H2583 in the stone H1448 shelters H1448 on a cold H7135 day H3117.

The sun H8121 rises H2224 and they flee H5074,

And the place H4725 where H335 they are is not known H3045.

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