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Lexicon :: Strong's H253 - 'āḥ

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אָח
Transliteration
'āḥ
Pronunciation
awkh
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Part of Speech
interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
A variation for אֲהָהּ (H162)
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TWOT Reference: 60

Strong’s Definitions

אָח ʼâch, awkh; a variation for H162; Oh! (expressive of grief or surprise):—ah, alas.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H253 in the following manner: ah (1x), alas (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H253 in the following manner: ah (1x), alas (1x).
  1. ah!, alas!, woe!

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָח ʼâch, awkh; a variation for H162; Oh! (expressive of grief or surprise):—ah, alas.
STRONGS H253: Abbreviations
† III. אָח interjection (onomatopoetic) ah! alas! Ezekiel 6:11; Ezekiel 21:15. **[H251 Ezek 18:10 אָח] is a vox nihili (dittograph from following אחד : see Commentaries): in Ezekiel 21:15 also dubious (Greek Version of the LXX εὖ), read אַח Ew Hi Sm Toy, H162 חַדָּה Co Berthol, אַתְּ Oort Krae.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezekiel

6:11; 21:15; 21:15

H253

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H253 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11 - Thus says the Lord GOD: “Clap your hands and stamp your foot and say, Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, for they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - that their hearts may melt, and many stumble.[fn] At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; it is taken up[fn] for slaughter.
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