Words the Bible translates as alas
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hoyהוֹיthe prophet's death-cry hurled at the living: the wail raised over a corpse, now aimed at someone still standing to declare them, in God's word, as good as buried
- oyאוֹיwoe: a spontaneous cry of anguish, grief, or dread
- ahahאֲהָהּthe sound of dismay: an involuntary cry of dread, horror, or grief, most often the first word of a protest or plea turned upward to God
- annaאָנָּאthe strongest "please" in Hebrew: a cry of urgent pleading, "Ah, I beg you!", spoken almost only to God and almost always at a moment of crisis
- hahהָהּalas!not studied yet
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