וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

   ve-AI-yo

   and where is he
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

   a-DAM ve-AI-yo

   a human and where is he
3. clause🔊 וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

   va-yig-VA a-DAM ve-AI-yo

   and expires or breathes out a human and where is he
4. sentence🔊 וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

   ve-GE-ver ya-MUT va-ye-khe-LASH va-yig-VA a-DAM ve-AI-yo

   and a man dies and is weakened or laid low and expires or breathes out a human and where is he

Exegesis

The line closes with ve’ayo {וְאַיּֽוֹ | wə-ʾay-yô}, a rhetorical question that heightens the sense of absence; it can be heard as “where is he?” (location/availability) and, by implication, “he is gone.” English keeps the forward movement (death → weakening → expiration) and preserves the final interrogative to match the verse’s emphatic, searching finish.