אַיֵּ֖ה — Genesis 18:9 Hebrew Word Study

אַיֵּ֖ה

𐤀𐤉𐤄

ayeh

Where

prolonged from אַי; where?; where.

Genesis 18:9 · Word #3

Lexicon `H346`

Lemma	אַיֵּה
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤀𐤉𐤄
Transliteration	ʼayêh
Strong's	H346
In-context	Where

Morphology `HTi` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`T` — Particle — Function word
Subtype	`i` — Interrogative — Interrogative

SIBI-P1 `H346-01`

where?

Morphological Notes	Interrogative particle (HTi); indeclinable; prolonged form of אַי; functions adverbially to question location or presence.
Rendering Rationale	אַיֵּה is an interrogative particle meaning "where?" derived from the root אי, expressing inquiry about location or presence. As an indeclinable interrogative (HTi), it carries no gender, number, or person markers, so the faithful rendering remains the simple but direct "where?" preserving its full interrogative force.

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Words from Root אי (where, place, location, spatial inquiry, absence)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H335-01`	ayam	where are they?
`H335-02`	ayeh	where?
`H335-03`	ayekah	Where are you?
`H335-04`	ayo	where is he?
`H346-02`	ayo	where is he?
`H335-05`	ey	where?
`H375-01`	eyfoh	where here?
`H336-01`	i	coastland
`H350-01`	i	coastland
`H338-01`	iyim	howling desert-creatures
`H339-10`	leiyim	to the coastlands
`H370-01`	meayin	from where?
`H369-17`	meayin	from where?
`H575-04`	meayin	from where?
`H370-02`	umeayin	and from where?
`H346-03`	veayeh	and where?
`H346-04`	veayo	and where is he?
`H349-05`	veeykhe	and how?
`H335-07`	vyv	and where is he?

Word Usage (47 occurrences of H346)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 18:9	אַיֵּ֖ה	ayeh	Where
Genesis 19:5	אַיֵּ֧ה	ayeh	Where are
Genesis 22:7	וְ/אַיֵּ֥ה	veayeh	but where is
Genesis 38:21	אַיֵּ֧ה	ayeh	where
Exodus 2:20	וְ/אַיּ֑/וֹ	veayo	Where is he?
Judges 6:13	וְ/אַיֵּ֣ה	veayeh	and where
Judges 9:38	אַיֵּ֨ה	ayeh	Where
2 Samuel 16:3	וְ/אַיֵּ֖ה	veayeh	And where
2 Samuel 17:20	אַיֵּ֗ה	ayeh	Where
2 Kings 2:14	אַיֵּ֕ה	ayeh	Where
2 Kings 18:34	אַיֵּה֩	ayeh	Where are
2 Kings 18:34	אַיֵּ֛ה	ayeh-2	Where are
Isaiah 33:18	אַיֵּ֤ה	ayeh	where
Isaiah 33:18	אַיֵּ֣ה	ayeh-2	where
Isaiah 33:18	אַיֵּ֖ה	ayeh-3	where
Isaiah 36:19	אַיֵּ֞ה	ayeh	Where are
Isaiah 36:19	אַיֵּ֖ה	ayeh-2	Where are
Isaiah 37:13	אַיֵּ֤ה	ayeh	Where
Isaiah 51:13	וְ/אַיֵּ֖ה	veayeh	and-where
Isaiah 63:11	אַיֵּ֣ה	ayeh	Where
Isaiah 63:11	אַיֵּ֛ה	ayeh-2	Where
Isaiah 63:15	אַיֵּ֤ה	ayeh	Where
Jeremiah 2:6	אַיֵּ֣ה	ayeh	where
Jeremiah 2:8	אַיֵּ֣ה	ayeh	Where
Jeremiah 2:28	וְ/אַיֵּ֤ה	veayeh	But where
Jeremiah 13:20	אַיֵּ֗ה	ayeh	where
Jeremiah 17:15	אַיֵּ֥ה	ayeh	Where
Jeremiah 37:19	וְ/אַיֵּה֙	veayeh	and-where
Ezekiel 13:12	אַיֵּ֥ה	ayeh	where
Joel 2:17	אַיֵּ֖ה	ayeh	where
Micah 7:10	אַיּ֖/וֹ	ayo	where is he
Nahum 2:12	אַיֵּה֙	ayeh	Where is
Zechariah 1:5	אַיֵּה	ayeh	where
Malachi 1:6	אַיֵּ֣ה	ayeh	where
Malachi 1:6	אַיֵּ֨ה	ayeh-2	where
Malachi 2:17	אַיֵּ֖ה	ayeh	Where
Psalms 42:4	אַיֵּ֥ה	ayeh	where
Psalms 42:11	אַיֵּ֥ה	ayeh	where
Psalms 79:10	אַיֵּ֪ה	ayeh	where
Psalms 89:50	אַיֵּ֤ה	ayeh	Where
Psalms 115:2	אַיֵּה	ayeh	Where
Job 14:10	וְ/אַיּֽ/וֹ	veayo	and where is he?
Job 15:23	אַיֵּ֑ה	ayeh	Where is it?
Job 17:15	וְ֭/אַיֵּה	veayeh	where
Job 21:28	אַיֵּ֥ה	ayeh	where
Job 21:28	וְ֝/אַיֵּ֗ה	veayeh	and where
Lamentations 2:12	אַיֵּ֖ה	ayeh	where

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Lexicon H346

Morphology HTi All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H346-01

Words from Root אי (where, place, location, spatial inquiry, absence)

Word Usage (47 occurrences of H346)

Lexicon `H346`

Morphology `HTi` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H346-01`