איה

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-; compare אֵי.

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. where
   • 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

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				אַיֵּה ('ayé), אֵי ('éi)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	אַיִּי ('ayí)		איינו / אַיֵּנוּ ('ayénu)
Second person	אייך / אַיֶּךָּ ('ayéka), אייכה / אַיֶּכָּה ('ayéka)	אייך / אַיֵּךְ ('ayékh)	אייכם / אַיְּכֶם ('ay'khém)	אייכן / אַיְּכֶן ('ay'khén)
Third 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