בִּי
bîy · bee
oh that!; with leave, or if it please
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps from H1158 (בָּעָה) (in the sense of asking); properly, a request; used only adverbially (always with 'my Lord');
oh that!; with leave, or if it please
- oh that!
- with leave, or if it please
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: alas, O, oh.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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)
the house, what is within › the hand that works
The house, what is within of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בִּי 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- o7 · 58%
- oh2 · 17%
- unto him, oh2 · 17%
- alas1 · 8%
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.