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Isaiah 19:12
“Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אַיʼay · ah'ee
H335 · Hebrew
H335 · Hebrew
- Definition
- where? hence how?
- Derivation
- perhaps from H370 (אַיִן);
- KJV renderings
- how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
- Grammar
- אַיָּ — particle (interrogative)
- ם֙ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 38 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:9Genesis 4:9Genesis 16:8Deuteronomy 32:37Judges 13:6
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 אַי 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.