Lexical Definition

‎אֲבוֹי‎ ʼăbôwy (ab-o'ee) pain! ^H:Intj
from ‎אָבָה‎ (in the sense of desiring)

sorrow.

• want

1) Oh!, Woe!, (exclamation of pain — indicates desire or uneasiness)

See Greek: θόρυβος

Extended Information

• Oh!, Woe!, (exclamation of pain - indicates desire or uneasiness)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲבוֺי‎ interjection exclamation of pain, Oh! Prov 23:29 (|| ‎אוֺי‎ woe!). Probably akin to Syriac alas . . . ! PS⁵³ (AW Ges less probably as a substantive need from ‎אָבָה‎, compare ‎אֶבְיוֺן‎).

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