The meaning of “אֵיךְ”
Understanding ʼêyk reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
also אֵיכָה ʼêykâh (ay-kaw') ; and אֵיכָכָה ʼêykâkâh (ay-kaw'-kah) ; prolonged from אַי how, what. - how? or how! - also...
אֵיךְ
also אֵיכָה ʼêykâh (ay-kaw') ; and אֵיכָכָה ʼêykâkâh (ay-kaw'-kah) ; prolonged from אַי how, what. - how? or how! - also where interrog adv 1) how? interj 2) how! (in lamentation) 3) expression of satisfaction
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 44:34 | “For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. ” Word: אֵיךְ (ʼêyk) | |
| Deuteronomy 7:17 | “If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?” Word: אֵיךְ (ʼêyk) | |
| Judges 16:15 | “And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.” Word: אֵיךְ (ʼêyk) | |
| 2 Chronicles 10:6 | “And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?” Word: אֵיךְ (ʼêyk) | |
| Esther 8:6 | “For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?” Word: אֵיךְ (ʼêyk) |
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