STRONGS NUMBER H1945

H1945. hoy

הוֺי‎₅₁ interjection (onomatopoetic; compare = הוֺ הוֺ‎ Amos 5:16 ᵑ6‎, = הֵידָד‎ Jeremiah 51:14 ᵑ6‎; also Modern Aramaic ú hú, ú hú (in a lament), So^{Urmia-Dial. 102. 4}) — expressing usually dissatisfaction and pain, Ah, Alas; Ha (not distinctly Woe! which is אוֺי‎): used in lamentations, 1 Kings 13:30 and they mourned over him (saying) אָחִי הוֺי‎ Ah, my brother! je 22:18 הֹדֹה וְהוֺי אָדוֺן הוֺי ֗֗֗ אָחוֺת וְהוֺי אָחִי הוֺי‎, 1Ki 34:5 לָ֑ךְ יִסְמְּדוּ אָדוֺן וְהוֺי‎ (compare הוֺהֿוֺ‎ Amos 5:16): hence Isaiah 1:4 חֹטֵא גּוֺי הוֺי‎ Ah! sinful nation 1:24 Ah! I will ease me of my adversaries; especially preparatory to a declaration of judgment, 10:5 אַמִּי שֵׁבֶט אַשּׁוּר הוֺי‎, 17:12; 28:1, often followed by a participle Ah! those that . . ., 5:8, 11, 18; 29:15; 31:1; 45:9-10, Jeremiah 22:13; Amos 5:18; 6:1; Habakkuk 2:6; 2:9; 2:12; 2:15; 2:19; Zechariah 11:17 + (more sympathetic than לְ אוֺי‎): followed by כִּי‎ Jeremiah 30:7, אֶל‎ 48:1, עַל‎ 50:27; Ezekiel 13:3, לְ‎ 13:18. Sts. hardly more than an exclamation arousing attention Ha! (though perhaps with a touch of sympathy or pity) Isaiah 18:1; 55:1; Zechariah 2:10 (twice in verse); 2:11; Jeremiah 47:6.