Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 2:23
“How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H349 · Hebrew
- Definition
- how? or how!; also where
- Derivation
- also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from H335 (אַי);
- KJV renderings
- how, what.
- Grammar
- אֵ֣יךְ — particle (interrogative)
- Usage
- Occurs 82 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:9Genesis 39:9Genesis 44:8Genesis 44:34Exodus 6:12
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 אֵיךְ 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.