Job 21:28:3Job.21.28.W3TAB
אַיֵּ֥ה
aye
“where”
- Transliteration
- a-YE
- Extended
- ah-YEH
- IPA
- /ʔajˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- where
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-YE
- phraseyour reading level
a-YE BET-na-DIV
- clause
KI to-ME-ru a-YE BET-na-DIV
- sentence
KI to-ME-ru a-YE BET-na-DIV ve-a-YE O-hel mish-ke-NOT re-sha-IM
Exegesis
The interrogative ayyeh {אַיֵּה | ʾayyēh} ‘where?’
Root and etymology
y-ṣ-‘
“to go out; offspring”
In context — Job 21:28
For you say, “Where is the house of the nobleman? And where is the tent, the dwellings of the wicked?”
About this coordinate
Job 21:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 21:28, so the Hebrew word אַיֵּ֥ה (aye) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.21.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.28.W3.S1) and character.