איה

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-; By surface analysis, אֵי +‎ ־ֵה.

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔajˈjeː/, [ʔaɟˈɟeː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔajˈje/, [ʔajˈjeː]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)æjˈje/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈjej/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈje/

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Adverb

אַיֵּה • (ayé)

1. (formal or poetic in Modern Hebrew) where

   Synonym: אֵיפֹה (efó)

   • Tanach, Genesis 22:7:

     וַיֹּאמֶר יִצְחָק אֶל אַבְרָהָם אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר אָבִי וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֶּנִּי בְנִי וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה הָאֵשׁ וְהָעֵצִים וְאַיֵּה הַשֶּׂה לְעֹלָה׃

     Yizhak spoke to Avraham his father saying, "My father?" and he said, "Here I am my son." And he said, "Here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for an elevation-offering?

Inflection

Inflection table

Base form	אַיֵּה (ayé), אֵי (é)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
1st person	אַיִּי (ayí)		איינו / אַיֵּנוּ (ayénu)
2nd person	אייך / אַיֶּךָּ (ayéka), אייכה / אַיֶּכָּה (ayéka)	אייך / אַיֵּךְ (ayékh)	אייכם / אַיְּכֶם (ay'khém)	אייכן / אַיְּכֶן (ay'khén)
3rd person	אַיּוֹ (ayó), אייהו / אַיֵּהוּ (ayéhu)	אַיָּהּ (ayáh)	איים / אַיָּם (ayám)	איין / אַיָּן (ayán)

References

• H346 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

אַיָּה • (ayá) f

1. honey buzzard

Proper noun

אַיָּה • (aya) f

1. a female given name