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Job 38:19

“Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַיʼay · ah'ee
H335 · Hebrew

Definition: where? hence how?
Derivation: perhaps from H370 (אַיִן);
KJV renderings: how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
Grammar: אֵי — particle (interrogative)
Code HTi
Usage: Occurs 38 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:9 Genesis 4:9 Genesis 16:8 Deuteronomy 32:37 Judges 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.

Verse 18 Verse 20

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.