אוֹי
ʾôy
woe!
Strong's H188InterjectionHebrewTWOT 42

אוֹי (ʾôy) is a Hebrew interjection meaning woe! It appears 24 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H188).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 42)

Range of meaning (TWOT 42)woe!; lamentation, Oh!; alas, woe
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אוֹי interjection: woe!

woe! an impassioned expression of grief and despair

Strong's H188 אוֹי: lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
KJV:alas, woe.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Numbers 21:291 Samuel 4:7Proverbs 23:29

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