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Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

הוֹיhôwy · hoh'ee
H1945 · Hebrew

Definition: oh!
Derivation: a prolonged form of H1930 (הוֹ) (akin to H188 (אוֹי));
KJV renderings: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Grammar: ה֣וֹי — particle (interjection)
Code HTj
Usage: Occurs 51 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 13:30 Isaiah 1:4 Isaiah 1:24 Isaiah 5:8 Isaiah 5:11

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 הוֹי here.

Verse 12 Verse 14

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.