אַי
ʼay · ah'ee
where? hence how?
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps from H370 (אַיִן);
where? hence how?
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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 › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַי 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
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- where4 · 25%
- unto him, where art thou1 · 6%
- whence1 · 6%
- me, i pray thee, where1 · 6%
- of what1 · 6%
- what1 · 6%
- which way1 · 6%
- which1 · 6%
- from whence1 · 6%
- by what1 · 6%
- nor for1 · 6%
- not whether1 · 6%
- how1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.