Original Language Studio
Zephaniah 2:5
“Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1945 · Hebrew
- Definition
- oh!
- Derivation
- a prolonged form of H1930 (הוֹ) (akin to H188 (אוֹי));
- KJV renderings
- ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
- Grammar
- ה֗וֹי — particle (interjection)
- Usage
- Occurs 51 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 13:30Isaiah 1:4Isaiah 1:24Isaiah 5:8Isaiah 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.
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.