אַי H0335
where? (interrogative of place); which? what? (interrogative of selection); how? (interrogative of manner)
2. which? what? (interrogative of selection) — Interrogative particle asking for selection or identification among alternatives — 'which?', 'what?', 'from which?' 4×
AR["أَيُّ-","أِي","مِن أَيِّ-","هُوَ-"]·ben["কোন","কোন-","কোনটা-","কোনটি"]·DE["von-wo","welcher","wo"]·EN["from-where","what-","which"]·FR["de-où","lequel","où?"]·heb["אי","אי-"]·HI["कहाँ-","किस","कौन-सा","कौन-सी"]·ID["Mana","dari-mana","di-mana","mana"]·IT["che","da-dove","dove"]·jav["Pundi","pundi","pundi-","saking-pundi-"]·KO["어느","어느-","어느-것이","어디-"]·PT["de-que","por-qual","qual"]·RU["из-","каким-","какое","что-это-"]·ES["cuál","de-qué","¿Por-cuál","¿cuál"]·SW["kutoka","ni-","ni-ipi","ni-nini"]·TR["hangi","hangi-"]·urd["کس","کون-سا","کونسی","کہاں"]
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Senses
1. where? (interrogative of place) — Interrogative particle asking about location, position, or source of origin — 'where?', 'from where?', 'whither?' 33×
AR["أينَ","أَينَ","أَيْنَ","أَيْنَ-","مِن","مِنْ","مِنْ-أَيْنَ","وَ-أَينَ","وَ-أَيْنَ"]·ben["এবং-কোথায়","ও-কোথায়","কোথা","কোথায়","কোথায়-","কোন-"]·DE["[אי]","und-wo","von-wo","wo","wo-"]·EN["and-where","from-where","where","where-"]·FR["[ואי]","de-où","et-où?","où","où-","où?"]·heb["אי","אי-","איה","איו","ו-אי","ו-איה","מ-אי","מאין"]·HI["और-कहाँ","कहाँ","कहां","किधर-"]·ID["Di mana","Di mana-","Di-mana","Di-mana-","Di-manakah","Mana","dan-di-mana","dari-mana","di mana-","di-mana","di-mana-","di-manakah"]·IT["[ואי]","da-dove","dove","dove-","e-dove"]·jav["Ing-pundi-","Pundi","Saking-pundi","Wonten-ing-pundi","lan-ing-pundi-","lan-pundi","pundi","pundi-","saking-pundi","wonten-ing-pundi","wonten-pundi"]·KO["그리고-어디-","그리고-어디에","어디","어디-","어디에","어디에-있느냐","어디에서"]·PT["E-onde","Onde","Onde-","Onde-está","de-onde","e-onde","onde","onde-"]·RU["И-где-","где","где-","и-где","откуда"]·ES["de-dónde","dónde","y-dónde","¿Dónde","¿Dónde-","¿Qué-","¿cuál-es","¿dónde","¿dónde-"]·SW["huyu","i-wapi","iko-wapi","kutoka-wapi","na-wapi","wapi","yuko-wapi"]·TR["Nere-","nere-","nerede","nerede-","nereden","nereye-","ve-nerede","ve-nerede-"]·urd["اور-کہاں","کدھر-","کہاں","کہاں ہے","کہاں-","کہاں-سے","کہاں-ہیں","کہاں-ہے"]
Gen 3:9, Gen 4:9, Gen 16:8, Deut 32:37, Judg 13:6, 1 Sam 9:18, 1 Sam 25:11, 1 Sam 26:16, 1 Sam 30:13, 2 Sam 1:3, 2 Sam 1:13, 1 Kgs 13:12 (+21 more)
3. how? (interrogative of manner) — Interrogative particle asking about the manner or way in which something occurs — 'how?' 1×
AR["كَيْفَ"]·ben["কীভাবে"]·DE["[אי]"]·EN["how"]·FR["où"]·heb["אי"]·HI["कैसे"]·ID["Bagaimana"]·IT["dove"]·jav["Kadospundi"]·KO["어떻게"]·PT["Como"]·RU["как"]·ES["¿Cómo"]·SW["jinsi-gani"]·TR["neden-"]·urd["کیوں-"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
[אַי] (أَىٌّ, አይ in Syr. in cpds. as ܐܰܝܟܰܢ how? WSG 120–2; cf. As. aiu, who? what?). †1. interrog.adv. where? a. so with sf. אַיֶּ֫כָּה [a verbal form, v. Sta§ 355 b. 3] Gn 3:9; אַיּוֹ Ex 2:20, poet. where is he? = he is nowhere Jb 14:10; 20:7 (Je 37:19 rd. Qr אַיֵּה); אַיָּם Na 3:17 (in indirect qu.) and the place thereof is not known, אַיָּם where they are. Idiomatically, with the sf.…