אֵי (ʼēy) — where? / where / which

Notes: Passage: OET KI1 22:24
Probably to be read as אֵי זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ; Passage: OET PRO 31:4
MT-Q | RSV NRSV "to desire" NIV REB "to crave" NJB "love" GNT "have a craving CEV "want" = אוה | MT-K NJPS אֹו

Form 1

Part of speech: ir

Sense 1: where?

Semantic domains: Spatial Referents (003002004)

Definition: = referent to an unknown location; ► normally used with the purpose of finding which location that is; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that such a location cannot be found

Show passage in OET: GEN 3:9

OET-RV GEN 3:9

9 so Yahweh God called out to the man, “Adam, where are you?”

OET-LV GEN 3:9

9 And_ YHWH god _he/it _called to the_humankind and_he/it _said to_him/it where_you(ms).

Show passage in OET: GEN 4:9

OET-RV GEN 4:9

9 Later Yahweh asked Kayin, “Where’s your brother Hevel?”
¶ “I don’t know,” he replied, “It’s not my job to look after my brother.”

OET-LV GEN 4:9

9 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to Qayin/(Cain) where is_Heⱱel your(ms)_brother/kindred and_he/it _said not I _know the_guard/protector/keeper my_brother/kindred am_I.

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All 11 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 3:9 · OET GEN 4:9

EXO: OET EXO 2:20

DEU: OET DEU 32:37

SA1: OET SA1 26:16

KI2: OET KI2 19:13

JOB: OET JOB 14:10 · OET JOB 20:7

ISA: OET ISA 19:12

MIC: OET MIC 7:10

NAH: OET NAH 3:17

Sense 2: where, which

Semantic domains: Spatial Referents (003002004)

Definition: = referent to an unknown or not yet identified location; ► normally used with the purpose of finding which location that is; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that such a location cannot be found

Collocations: אֵי זֶה

Show passage in OET: SA1 9:18

OET-RV SA1 9:18

18 As Sha’ul approached Shmuel right there in the middle of the city gateway, he asked, “Please tell me, where’s the seer’s house?”

OET-LV SA1 9:18

18 And_ Shāʼūl _he _approached DOM Shəmū^ʼēl in _the_middle of_the _gate and_he/it _said tell please to_me where this is_the _house _of the _seer.

Show passage in OET: KI1 13:12

OET-RV KI1 13:12

12 “Oh, what road did he take when he left?” their father asked, and indeed his sons had noticed which road the man of God from Yehudah (Judah) had taken.

OET-LV KI1 13:12

12 And_he/it _spoke to_them father _of_their where this is_the_way which_he _went and_ sons _of_his _they _saw DOM the_way which the _man _of the_ʼElohīm who he _had _come from_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) he _had _gone.

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All 15 recorded passages for this sense

SA1: OET SA1 9:18

KI1: OET KI1 13:12 · OET KI1 22:24

KI2: OET KI2 3:8

CH2: OET CH2 18:23

EST: OET EST 7:5

JOB: OET JOB 28:12 · OET JOB 28:20 · OET JOB 38:19 · OET JOB 38:24

ECC: OET ECC 2:3 · OET ECC 11:6

ISA: OET ISA 50:1 · OET ISA 66:1

JER: OET JER 6:16

Sense 3: from where?

Semantic domains: Spatial Referents (003002004)

Definition: = referent to an unknown location; ► normally used with the purpose of finding out from which location a person or object originates; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that that location does not exist

Collocations: אֵי מִזֶּה

Show passage in OET: GEN 16:8

OET-RV GEN 16:8

8 and asked her, “Hagar, Saray’s slave, where have you come from and where are you going?”
¶ “I am running away from Saray, my mistress,” she replied.

OET-LV GEN 16:8

8 And_he _said Oh _Hāgār the _maidservant _of Sarai where from_this have _you _come and_where are _you _going and_she/it _said from_face/in _front _of Sarai mistress _of_my I am_fleeing.

Show passage in OET: JDG 13:6

OET-RV JDG 13:6

6 Then the woman went and explained to her husband, “A man of God came to me. He looked like one of God’s messengers—extremely terrifying—so I didn’t like to ask him where he’d come from, and he didn’t tell me his name.

OET-LV JDG 13:6

6 And_ the_woman _she _went and_she/it _said to/for_her/its_man/husband to_say (the)_man _of the_ʼElohīm he _came to_me and_appearance _of_his was_like_the _appearance _of (the)_messenger _of the_ʼElohīm awesome very and_not I_asked _him where from_this was_he and_DOM his/its_name not he _told to_me.

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All 9 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 16:8

JDG: OET JDG 13:6

SA1: OET SA1 25:11 · OET SA1 30:13

SA2: OET SA2 1:3 · OET SA2 1:13 · OET SA2 15:2

JOB: OET JOB 2:2

JNA: OET JNA 1:8

Sense 4: why, how

Semantic domains: Perceptive Referents (003002003)

Definition: = referent to an unknown event; ► which should make the main event in focus possible; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that that event cannot possibly take place

Collocations: אֵי לָזֹאת

Show passage in OET: JER 5:7

OET-RV JER 5:7