H165 — אֱהִי
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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TWOT
TWOT: 31
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KJV Renderings
I will be (Hos. 13
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB152
אֱהִי Hos 13:10; Hos 13:14 (twice in verse) adverb where? = אֵי, אַיֵּה. So ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 AW in Hos 13:10, & ᵐ5 ᵑ6 (compare 1Cor 15:55) AW in Hos 13:14. Taken by many of the older interpreters, and even by Ges in Hos 13:14, as 1 singular imperfect with apocope of היה I would be: but this is less suited to the context, and the jussive form is an objection, being unusual with the 1 person