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Numbers 21:29

“Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אוֹיʼôwy · o'-ee
H188 · Hebrew

Definition: lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
Derivation: probably from H183 (אָוָה) (in the sense of crying out after);
KJV renderings: alas, woe.
Grammar: אוֹי — particle (interjection)
Code HTj
Usage: Occurs 24 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 24:23 1 Samuel 4:7 1 Samuel 4:8 Proverbs 23:29 Isaiah 3:9

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.

Verse 28 Verse 30

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.