Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 4:8
“Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אוֹיʼôwy · o'-ee
H188 · Hebrew
H188 · Hebrew
- Definition
- lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
- Derivation
- probably from H183 (אָוָה) (in the sense of crying out after);
- KJV renderings
- alas, woe.
- Grammar
- א֣וֹי — particle (interjection)
- Usage
- Occurs 24 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 21:29Numbers 24:231 Samuel 4:7Proverbs 23:29Isaiah 3:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אוֹי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.