Strong's Definition
perhaps from 370; where? hence how?
KJV Usage: how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אַי (ay) — where?. 1) whereto ?, whence? 2) which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Spatial Referents
where? = referent to an unknown location; ► normally used with the purpose of finding which location that is; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that such a location cannot be found
GEN 3:9 · GEN 4:9 · EXO 2:20 · DEU 32:37 · 1SA 26:16 · 2KI 19:13 · JOB 14:10 · JOB 20:7 · ISA 19:12 · MIC 7:10 · NAM 3:17
Spatial Referents
Collocation: אֵי זֶה
where, which = referent to an unknown or not yet identified location; ► normally used with the purpose of finding which location that is; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that such a location cannot be found
1SA 9:18 · 1KI 13:12 · 1KI 22:24 · 2KI 3:8 · 2CH 18:23 · EST 7:5 · JOB 28:12 · JOB 28:20 · JOB 38:19 · JOB 38:19 · JOB 38:24 · ECC 2:3 · ECC 11:6 · ISA 50:1 · ISA 66:1 · ISA 66:1 · JER 6:16
Spatial Referents
Collocation: אֵי מִזֶּה
from where? = referent to an unknown location; ► normally used with the purpose of finding out from which location a person or object originates; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that that location does not exist
GEN 16:8 · JDG 13:6 · 1SA 25:11 · 1SA 30:13 · 2SA 1:3 · 2SA 1:13 · 2SA 15:2 · JOB 2:2 · JON 1:8
Perceptive Referents
Collocation: אֵי לָזֹאת
why, how = referent to an unknown event; ► which should make the main event in focus possible; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that that event cannot possibly take place
1 1KI 22:24 Probably to be read as אֵי זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ 2 PRO 31:4 MT-K או NJPS | MT-Q אֵי | RSV NRSV "to desire" NIV REB "to crave" NJB "love" GNT "have a craving CEV "want" = אוה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[אַי] interrog. adv. where?
prefixed to other adverbs or prons., אַי imparts an interrog. force
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