אֵיכָכָה

Biblical Hebrew

How? — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

How? tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֵיכָ֫כָה: How tree →

The whole BDB entry

(Ct) אֵֽיכָכָ֫ה (Est) (from אַי & כָּ֫כָה thus) How? only Ct 5:3(×2) Est 8:6(×2).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: how? (4).

In the verses

Song of Songs 5:3 · tree →

פָּשַׁ֙טְתִּי֙ אֶת־כֻּתָּנְתִּ֔י אֵיכָ֖כָה אֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה רָחַ֥צְתִּי אֶת־רַגְלַ֖י אֵיכָ֥כָה אֲטַנְּפֵֽם׃

Word for word: I.have.stripped.off (et) tunic my how? will I.put.it.on I.have.washed (et) feet my how? will I.dirty.them

JPS 1917: I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

Esther 8:6 · tree →

כִּ֠י אֵיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בָּרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑י וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בְּאָבְדַ֖ן מוֹלַדְתִּֽי׃ס

Word for word: (dm) how? will.I.be.able and I.will.look on the evil which it.will.find (et) people my and how? will.I.be.able and I.will.look on the.destruction my.kindred my

JPS 1917: for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?'

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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