H17
H17 — אֲבוֹי
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
abowy (ab-o'ee) inj.
1. want
[from H14 (in the sense of desiring)]
KJV: sorrow.
Root(s): H14
TWOT
TWOT: 3d
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KJV Renderings
sorrow.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB46
אֲבוֺי interjection exclamation of pain, Oh! Prov 23:29 (|| אוֺי woe!). Probably akin to Syriac [untranscribed source text 11] alas . . . ! PS53 (AW Ges less probably as a substantive need from אָבָה, compare אֶבְיוֺן).