איה

איה

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-; compare אֵי‎.

Adverb

אַיֵּה • ('ayé)

1. where
   • 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