Lexical Definition
אֵיךְ ʼêyk (ake) how? H:Intg
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
See Greek: τίς
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֵיךְ59 (Aramaic אֵיךְ, 
[pronounced âch]) adverb 1. interrogative How? Gen 26:9; 2Sam 1:5; 2Sam 1:14; 1Kgs 12:6; Isa 20:6 and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1 person) in an expostulation Gen 39:9; Gen 44:8; Gen 44:34; Josh 9:7; 2Sam 2:22; 2Sam 12:18; Ps 137:4; Isa 48:11 for howshould it be profaned ? איך תאמר(וׅ how canst or dost thou (do you) say . . . ? Judg 16:15; Isa 19:11; Jer 2:23 (compare Jer 8:8 אֵיכָה) Jer 48:14; Ps 11:1 in an indirect sentence 2Kgs 17:28; Jer 36:17; Ruth 3:18.
2. as an exclamation How! whether of lamentation 2Sam 1:19; Jer 2:21; Jer 9:18*; Mic 2:4 or of satisfaction Isa 14:4; Isa 14:12; Jer 48:39; Jer 51:41; Obad 1:5 and elsewhere; with intensive force = how gladly! Jer 3:19, how terribly! Jer 9:6* (but others render here 'for how [else] should I do'? etc.) **Hos 11:8 according to Hi Ke We Marti and others.
Also see: אֵיכֹה
אֵיכָה (from אַי and כָּה = כֹּה; compare Assyrian ekiam) adverb 1. interrogative In what manner? τίνι τρόπῳ; (rather more definite than אֵיח = πῶς); Deut 1:12; Deut 7:17; Deut 12:30; Deut 18:21; Deut 32:30; Judg 20:3 (indirect sentence) 2Kgs 6:15; Jer 8:8; Ps 73:11.
2. exclamation How! (slightly more emphatic than אֵיח) Isa 1:21; Jer 48:17; Lam 1:1; Lam 2:1; Lam 4:1; Lam 4:2.
3. Where? (properly north-Israel; compare Aramaic אֵיכָא, 
where ? compare DrIntr. 178, 421) only 2Kgs 6:13 Kt Song 1:7 (twice in verse), — each time in an indirect sentence.
אֵיכָ֫כָה (Canticles) ֵאיכָכָ֫ה (Esther) (from אַי & כָּ֫כָה thus) How? only Song 5:3 (twice in verse); Esth 8:6 (twice in verse).
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 26:9 · 39:9 · 44:8 · 44:34 |
| Deuteronomy | 1:12 · 7:17 · 12:30 · 18:21 · 32:30 |
| Joshua | 9:7 |
| Judges | 16:15 · 20:3 |
| Ruth | 3:18 |
| 2 Samuel | 1:5 · 1:14 · 1:19 · 2:22 · 12:18 |
| 1 Kings | 12:6 |
| 2 Kings | 6:13 · 6:15 · 17:28 |
| Esther | 8:6 |
| Psalms | 11:1 · 73:11 · 137:4 |
| Song of Solomon | 1:7 · 5:3 |
| Isaiah | 1:21 · 14:4 · 14:12 · 19:11 · 20:6 · 48:11 |
| Jeremiah | 2:21 · 2:23 · 3:19 · 8:8 · 9:6* · 9:18* · 36:17 · 48:14 · 48:17 · 48:39 · 51:41 |
| Lamentations | 1:1 · 2:1 · 4:1 · 4:2 |
| Hosea | 11:8 |
| Obadiah | 1:5 |
| Micah | 2:4 |