Strong's Hebrew #335 - אַי ay (where?)

how, what, whence, where, whether, which way

Perhaps from 'aiyn; where? Hence how? -- how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).

see HEBREW 'aiyn

1) where?, whence?
2) which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb)
Part of Speech: interrogative adverb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: perhaps from H370
Same Word by TWOT Number: 75

[אַי] (, in Syriac in compounds as how ? W^{SG 120-2}; compare Assyrian aiu, who? what?).

1. interrogative adverb where?

a. so with suffix אַיֶּ֫כָּה [a verbal form, see Sta^{§ 355 b. 3}] Genesis 3:9; אַיּוֺ Exodus 2:20, poetry where is he? = he is nowhere Job 14:10; Job 20:7 (Jeremiah 37:19 read Qr אַיֵּה); אַיָּם Nahum 3:17 (in indirect question) and the place thereof is not known, אַיָּם where they are. Idiomatically, with the suffix anticipating the noun to which it refers (Ew^{§ 309 c}, compare Dr^{Sm. i. 21, 14}) 2 Kings 19:13 אַיּוֺ מֶלֶחחֲֿמָת where is he, the king of Hamath? ("" Isaiah 37:13 אַיֵּה) Isaiah 19:12; Micah 7:10. When used alone, or with other adverbs (see below), it is contracted to אֵי Genesis 4:9; Deuteronomy 32:37; 1 Samuel 26:16; Proverbs 31:4 Qr. (The more usual form is אַיֵּה.)

b. strengthened by the enclitic זֶה (see זֶה, 4 אֵיזֶֿה₁₅ where, then ? (never of a person, except Esther 7:5 (late), & only once 1 Kings 22:24 [but see 2 Chronicles 18:23] with a verb) Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 66:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 6:16, in indirect question 1 Samuel 9:18; in the phrase אֵיזֶֿה הַדֶּרֶח ֗֗֗ where is the way (that) . . . ? 1 Kings 13:12; 2 Kings 3:8; 2Chronicles 18:23; Job 38:19 a. 24.

2 prefixed to other adverbs or pron., אֵי imparts to them an interrogative force: thus

a. אֵיזֶֿה which (of two or more)? only Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 11:6 (late), in indirect question

b. אֵימִֿזֶּה whence ? (מִזֶּה = hence; see below זֶה) Genesis 16:8 אֵימִֿזֶּה בָאתְ 1 Samuel 30:13; 2 Samuel 1:3,13; Job 2:2; in indirect question Judges 13:6; 1 Samuel 25:11; with substantive annexed 2 Samuel 15:2 אֵימִֿזֶּה עִיר אַתָּה literally whence, as regards city, art thou ? Jonah 1:8.

c. אֵילָֿזֹאת Jeremiah 5:7 upon what ground ? (ᵑ9 super quo? how? With other adverbs, אֵי coalesces into one word, see אֵיכָה, אֵיכָכָה, אֵיפֹה.

Strong's Hebrew: 335. אַי (ay) — 36 Occurrences

Genesis 3:9
HEB: וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ אַיֶּֽכָּה׃
NAS: and said to him, Where are you?
KJV: and said unto him, Where [art] thou?
INT: Adam and said Where

Genesis 4:9
HEB: אֶל־ קַ֔יִן אֵ֖י הֶ֣בֶל אָחִ֑יךָ
NAS: to Cain, Where is Abel
KJV: unto Cain, Where [is] Abel
INT: to Cain Where is Abel my brother's

Genesis 16:8
HEB: שִׁפְחַ֥ת שָׂרַ֛י אֵֽי־ מִזֶּ֥ה בָ֖את
NAS: maid, where have you come
KJV: maid, whence camest thou?
INT: maid Sarai's whence have you come

Deuteronomy 32:37
HEB: וְאָמַ֖ר אֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֑ימוֹ צ֖וּר
NAS: And He will say, Where are their gods,
INT: will say Where are their gods the rock

Judges 13:6
HEB: וְלֹ֤א שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙ אֵֽי־ מִזֶּ֣ה ה֔וּא
NAS: And I did not ask him where he [came] from, nor
INT: nor ask where he he

1 Samuel 9:18
HEB: נָּ֣א לִ֔י אֵי־ זֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית
NAS: Please tell me where the seer's house
KJV: Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's
INT: tell Please where he house

1 Samuel 25:11
HEB: לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי אֵ֥י מִזֶּ֖ה הֵֽמָּה׃
INT: not know how he like

1 Samuel 26:16
HEB: וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ רְאֵ֗ה אֵֽי־ חֲנִ֥ית הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
NAS: And now, see where the king's spear
INT: and now see where spear the king's

1 Samuel 30:13
HEB: לְֽמִי־ אַ֔תָּה וְאֵ֥י מִזֶּ֖ה אָ֑תָּה
NAS: to him, To whom do you belong? And where are you from? And he said,
INT: to whom you and where he and he

2 Samuel 1:3
HEB: לוֹ֙ דָּוִ֔ד אֵ֥י מִזֶּ֖ה תָּב֑וֹא
NAS: said to him, From where do you come?
INT: said David where he comest

2 Samuel 1:13
HEB: הַמַּגִּ֣יד ל֔וֹ אֵ֥י מִזֶּ֖ה אָ֑תָּה
NAS: who told him, Where are you from? And he answered,
INT: the young told Where he and he

2 Samuel 15:2
HEB: אֵלָיו֙ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֵֽי־ מִזֶּ֥ה עִיר֙
KJV: unto him, and said, Of what city
INT: to him say of what he city

1 Kings 13:12
HEB: אֲלֵהֶם֙ אֲבִיהֶ֔ם אֵֽי־ זֶ֥ה הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ
NAS: said to them, Which way
KJV: had seen what way
INT: about their father what he way

1 Kings 22:24
HEB: הַלֶּ֑חִי וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֵי־ זֶ֨ה עָבַ֧ר
NAS: and said, How did the Spirit
KJV: and said, Which way went
INT: the cheek and said way he pass

2 Kings 3:8
HEB: וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֵי־ זֶ֥ה הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ
NAS: He said, Which way shall we go
INT: said how he way

2 Kings 19:13
HEB: אַיּ֤וֹ מֶֽלֶךְ־ חֲמָת֙
NAS: Where is the king of Hamath,
INT: Where is the king of Hamath

2 Chronicles 18:23
HEB: הַלֶּ֑חִי וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֵ֣י זֶ֤ה הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙
NAS: and said, How did the Spirit
KJV: and said, Which way
INT: the cheek and said Which he way

Esther 7:5
HEB: ה֥וּא זֶה֙ וְאֵֽי־ זֶ֣ה ה֔וּא
NAS: Who is he, and where is he, who
INT: he is he and where he is he

Job 2:2
HEB: אֶל־ הַשָּׂטָ֔ן אֵ֥י מִזֶּ֖ה תָּבֹ֑א
NAS: to Satan, Where have you come
KJV: unto Satan, From whence comest
INT: to Satan Where have you come

Job 20:7
HEB: רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽוֹ׃
NAS: him will say, 'Where is he?'
KJV: him shall say, Where [is] he?
INT: have seen will say Where

Job 28:12
HEB: מֵאַ֣יִן תִּמָּצֵ֑א וְאֵ֥י זֶ֝ה מְק֣וֹם
NAS: be found? And where is the place
INT: where be found how he is the place

Job 28:20
HEB: מֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֑וֹא וְאֵ֥י זֶ֝֗ה מְק֣וֹם
NAS: come from? And where is the place
INT: Where come and where he is the place

Job 35:10
HEB: וְֽלֹא־ אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֹשָׂ֑י
INT: no says how is God my Maker

Job 38:19
HEB: אֵי־ זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ
NAS: Where is the way to the dwelling
INT: Where he is the way

Job 38:19
HEB: א֑וֹר וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־ זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃
NAS: And darkness, where is its place,
INT: light darkness where is its place

Job 38:24
HEB: אֵי־ זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ
NAS: Where is the way that the light
KJV: By what way is the light
INT: Where he is the way

Ecclesiastes 2:3
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ אֶרְאֶ֗ה אֵי־ זֶ֨ה ט֜וֹב
NAS: I could see what good
INT: I see how he good

Ecclesiastes 11:6
HEB: אֵֽינְךָ֨ יוֹדֵ֜ע אֵ֣י זֶ֤ה יִכְשָׁר֙
NAS: for you do not know whether morning
KJV: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper,
INT: for know whether morning will succeed

Isaiah 19:12
HEB: אַיָּם֙ אֵפ֣וֹא חֲכָמֶ֔יךָ
NAS: Well then, where are your wise men?
KJV: Where [are] they? where [are] thy wise
INT: where Well are your wise

Isaiah 50:1
HEB: אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֣י זֶ֠ה סֵ֣פֶר
NAS: the LORD, Where is the certificate
INT: says the LORD Where he is the certificate

Isaiah 66:1
HEB: הֲדֹ֣ם רַגְלָ֑י אֵי־ זֶ֥ה בַ֙יִת֙
NAS: is My footstool. Where then
INT: stool be able to endure Where then house

Isaiah 66:1
HEB: תִּבְנוּ־ לִ֔י וְאֵי־ זֶ֥ה מָק֖וֹם
NAS: you could build for Me? And where is a place
INT: you build and where then place

Jeremiah 5:7
HEB: אֵ֤י לָזֹאת֙ [אֶסְלֹוחַ־
NAS: Why should I pardon you? Your sons
KJV: How shall I pardon thee for this?
INT: Why likewise pardon

Jeremiah 6:16
HEB: לִנְתִב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֗ם אֵי־ זֶ֨ה דֶ֤רֶךְ
NAS: paths, Where the good
INT: paths the ancient Where he way

Jonah 1:8
HEB: מָ֣ה אַרְצֶ֔ךָ וְאֵֽי־ מִזֶּ֥ה עַ֖ם
NAS: is your country? From what people
INT: What common how account this people

Nahum 3:17
HEB: נוֹדַ֥ע מְקוֹמ֖וֹ אַיָּֽם׃
NAS: And the place where they are is not known.
KJV: is not known where they [are].
INT: known and the place where