אוֹי
ʼôwy · o'-ee
lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H183 (אָוָה) (in the sense of crying out after);
lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
- lamentation
- also, interjectionally Oh!
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: alas, woe.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the hand that works
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אוֹי 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- woe18 · 75%
- alas1 · 4%
- who hath woe1 · 4%
- it not. woe1 · 4%
- i, woe1 · 4%
- saying, woe1 · 4%
- left: yea, woe1 · 4%
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.