Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 10:19
“Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.” (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
- א֥וֹי — particle (interjection)
- Usage
- Occurs 24 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 21:29Numbers 24:231 Samuel 4:71 Samuel 4:8Proverbs 23:29
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.