אֵיךְ
ʼêyk
Meaning “how”
BDB how? (interrogative adverb); how! (in lamentation) (interjection); expression of satisfaction (interjection)
74 verses (82×)
25 books · uncommon Hebrew Bible
First appears: Genesis 26:9
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אֵיךְ 8 books
- Genesis 26:9 וְ/אֵ֥יךְ Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"
- Exodus 6:12 וְ/אֵיךְ֙ Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"
- Deuteronomy 1:12 אֵיכָ֥ה How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
- 1 Kings 12:6 אֵ֚יךְ King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?
- Esther 8:6 אֵיכָכָ֤הוְ/אֵֽיכָכָ֤ה for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?
- Ecclesiastes 2:16 וְ/אֵ֛יךְ For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
- Ezekiel 26:17 אֵ֣יךְ They shall take up a lamentation over you, and tell you, How are you destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!
- Hosea 11:8 אֵ֞יךְאֵ֚יךְ "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, My compassion is aroused.
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