אֲב֡וֹי

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲב֡וֹי

   a-VOI

   sorrow
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי

   le-MI OI le-MI a-VOI

   to whom woe to whom sorrow
3. clause🔊 לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי לְמִ֤י מדונים מִדְיָנִ֨ים לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם

   le-MI OI le-MI a-VOI le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh le-MI pe-TSA-EEM khi-NAM

   to whom woe to whom sorrow to whom quarrels disputes to whom complaining to whom wounds without cause
4. sentence🔊 לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי לְמִ֤י מדונים מִדְיָנִ֨ים לְמִ֥י שִׂ֗יחַ לְ֭מִי פְּצָעִ֣ים חִנָּ֑ם לְ֝מִ֗י חַכְלִל֥וּת עֵינָֽיִם׃

   le-MI OI le-MI a-VOI le-MI ma-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-MI SI-akh le-MI pe-TSA-EEM khi-NAM le-MI khakh-li-LUT e-NA-yim

   to whom woe to whom sorrow to whom quarrels disputes to whom complaining to whom wounds without cause to whom redness of eyes

Exegesis

The distress terms ôy {אוֹי | ʾôy} ‘woe’ and ăwôy {אֲבוֹי | ʾă-wôy} ‘alas’ form a parallelism of sorrow.

Root and etymology

א־ב🔊 aleph–bet

“father, ancestor”

• 🔊 אָבוֹת’ā-vōtfathersGenesis 17:4