Lexical Definition

‎הוֹי‎ hôwy (hoh'ee) woe! ^H:Intj
a prolonged form of ‎הוֹ‎ (akin to ‎אוֹי‎)

ah, alas, ho, O, woe.

• oh!

1) ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!

See Greek: οὐαί

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הוֺי‎₅₁ interjection (onomatopoetic; compare = ‎הוֺ הוֺ‎ Amos 5:16 ᵑ6, = ‎הֵידָד‎ Jer 51:14 ᵑ6; also Modern Aramaic ú hú, ú hú (in a lament), So^{Urmia-Dial. 102. 4}) — expressing usually dissatisfaction and pain, Ah, Alas; Ha (not distinctly Woe! which is ‎אוֺי‎): used in lamentations, 1Kgs 13:30 and they mourned over him (saying) ‎הוֺי אָחִי‎ Ah, my brother! je 1Kgs 22:18 ‎הוֺי אָחִי וְהוֺי אָחוֺת ֗֗֗ הוֺי אָדוֺן‎ ‎וְהוֺי הֹדֹה‎, 1Kgs 34:5 ‎וְהוֺי אָדוֺן יִסְפְּדוּ לָ֑ךְ‎ (compare ‎הוֺהֿוֺ‎ Amos 5:16): hence Isa 1:4 ‎הוֺי גּוֺי חֹטֵא‎ Ah! sinful nation vIsa 1:24 Ah! I will ease me of my adversaries; especially preparatory to a declaration of judgment, Isa 10:5 ‎הוֺי אַשּׁוּר שֵׁבֶט אַפִּי‎, Isa 17:12; Isa 28:1, often followed by a participle Ah! those that . . ., Isa 5:8; Isa 5:11; Isa 5:18; Isa 29:15; Isa 31:1; Isa 45:9; Isa 45:10; Jer 22:13; Amos 5:18; Amos 6:1; Hab 2:6; Hab 2:9; Hab 2:12; Hab 2:15; Hab 2:19; Zech 11:17 + (more sympathetic than ‎אוֺי לְ‎): followed by ‎כִּי‎ Jer 30:7, ‎אֶל‎ Jer 48:1, ‎עַל‎ Jer 50:27; Ezek 13:3, ‎לְ‎ Ezek 13:18. Sts. hardly more than an exclamation arousing attention Ha! (though perhaps with a touch of sympathy or pity) Isa 18:1; Isa 55:1; Zech 2:10* (twice in verse); Zech 2:11*; Jer 47:6.

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