אֲהָהּ
ʼăhâhh · a-haw'
Oh!
Lexicon
Derivation: apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily;
Oh!
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ah, alas.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to reveal, behold › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲהָהּ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- alas5 · 33%
- i, ah5 · 33%
- ah3 · 20%
- alas, o1 · 7%
- unto him, alas1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.