ה֖וֹי
𐤄𐤅𐤉
hoy
Woe
a prolonged form of הוֹ (akin to אוֹי); oh!; ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
H1945
Isaiah 5:21 · Word #1
Lexicon H1945
| Lemma | הוֹי |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤄𐤅𐤉 |
| Transliteration | hôwy |
| Strong's | H1945 |
| In-context | Woe |
Morphology HTj
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | T — Particle — Function word |
| Subtype | |
SIBI-P1 H1945-01
Ah—woe!
| Root | הוי (h-w-y) |
| Core Meanings | lament, exclamation, outcry, summons |
| Semantic Range | woe, alas, ah, ho!, an exclamation of grief, threat, warning, or attention-getting |
| Conceptual Significance | Often introducing prophetic oracles of judgment, הוֹי signals covenantal warning and impending consequence. It functions as a rhetorical alarm, marking moments of divine indictment, lament over sin, or urgent summons to heed YHWH’s word. |
| Morphological Notes | Interjection (HTj); an invariant particle used to express lament, warning, grief, or to summon attention; no inflection for gender, number, or person. |
| Rendering Rationale | The interjection הוֹי expresses a sharp cry of lament, warning, or attention. "Ah—woe!" preserves both the emotive outcry and the sense of impending distress inherent in the term, while reflecting its function as an invariant interjection (HTj) without gender or number distinctions. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root הוי (lament, exclamation, outcry, summons)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H1945-02 |
vehoy | and woe! |
Word Usage (51 occurrences of H1945)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings 13:30 | ה֥וֹי | hoy | Alas |
| Isaiah 1:4 | ה֣וֹי | hoy | Ah! |
| Isaiah 1:24 | ה֚וֹי | hoy | Ah |