אַיֵּה (ʼayyēh) — where? | UBS Hebrew Dictionary

Notes: Passage: OET JER 37:19
{A:MT-K} איו | MT-Q אַיֵּה; Passage: OET HOS 13:10
{A:HOTTP}-B LXX {A:RSV} {A:NIV} {A:NJPS} {A:NJB} {A:NRSV} {A:REB} {A:GNT} | {A:MT} אֱהִי "I will be"; Passage: OET HOS 13:14
{A:LXX} {A:RSV} {A:NIV} {A:NJPS} {A:NJB} {A:NRSV} {A:REB} {A:GNT} | {A:MT} {A:HOTTP}-B {A:CEV} אֱהִי "I will be"

Form 1

Part of speech: ir

Sense 1: where?

Semantic domains: Spatial Referents (003002004)

Definition: = a reference to an unknown location; normally used with the purpose of finding out 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 18:9

OET-RV GEN 18:9

9 Then they asked him, “Where’s your wife Sarah?”
¶ “See, over there in the tent,” he replied.

OET-LV GEN 18:9

9 And_they _said to_him where is_Sārāh your(ms)_woman/wife and_he/it _said THERE in_tent.

Show passage in OET: GEN 19:5

OET-RV GEN 19:5

5 and they called out to Lot, “Where are the men who came to your place tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can ‘use’ them.”

OET-LV GEN 19:5

5 And_they _called to Lōţ and_they _said to_him/it where are_the_men who they _came to_you the_night bring_them to_us so_that _we _may _know DOM_them.

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All 7 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 18:9 · OET GEN 19:5 · OET GEN 22:7 · OET GEN 38:21

JDG: OET JDG 9:38

SA2: OET SA2 16:3 · OET SA2 17:20

Sense 2: where?

Semantic domains: Spatial Referents (003002004)

Definition: = a reference to an unknown location, but focused on the question whether an object actually exists at all, rather than with a specific location in mind

Show passage in OET: KI2 2:14

OET-RV KI2 2:14

14 and he took Eliyah’s cloak and hit the river with it, saying, “Where is Eliyah’s god Yahweh?” Then as he hit the water, the river divided into two parts and Elisha crossed through the middle.

OET-LV KI2 2:14

14 And_he/it _took DOM the _cloak _of ʼĒliy^yāh which it _had _fallen from_on_him and_he _struck DOM the_waters and_he _said where is_YHWH the _god _of ʼĒliy^yāh also he and_he _struck DOM the_waters and_they _were _divided hither and_hither and_ ʼElīshāˊ _he _passed _over.

Show passage in OET: KI2 18:34

OET-RV KI2 18:34

34 Where were the gods of Hamat and Arpad? Where were the gods of Sefarvayim, Hena, and Ivah? Were they able to save Shomron (Samaria) from the king’s power?

OET-LV KI2 18:34

34 Where were_the _gods _of Ḩₐmāt and_ʼArpād where were_the _gods _of Şəfarvayim Hēnaˊ and_ˊIvvāh that/for/because/then/when they _have _delivered DOM Shomrōn from_hand _of_my.

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All 25 recorded passages for this sense

KI2: OET KI2 2:14 · OET KI2 18:34

JOB: OET JOB 15:23 · OET JOB 21:28 · OET JOB 35:10

PSA: OET PSA 42:3 · OET PSA 42:10 · OET PSA 79:10 · OET PSA 115:2

ISA: OET ISA 33:18 · OET ISA 36:19 · OET ISA 37:13 · OET ISA 63:11

JER: OET JER 2:6 · OET JER 2:8 · OET JER 2:28 · OET JER 13:20 · OET JER 37:19

LAM: OET LAM 2:12

EZE: OET EZE 13:12

HOS: OET HOS 13:10

JOL: OET JOL 2:17

NAH: OET NAH 2:11

ZEC: OET ZEC 1:5

MAL: OET MAL 2:17

Sense 3: where?

Semantic domains: Circumstantial Referents (003002001)

Definition: = a reference to an unknown location, but focused on the (often rhetorical) question whether an event may ever take place at all, rather than with a specific location in mind

Show passage in OET: JDG 6:13

OET-RV JDG 6:13