Biblica Analytica

אֵיכֹה

e.khoh (H0351)

where?

1 verses 1 books OT 1 / NT 0
AI Word Study

# אֵיכֹה (ekhoh): An Interrogative Adverb of Place The Hebrew word אֵיכֹה (ekhoh) is an interrogative adverb meaning "where?" According to the lexical data, it appears only once in the biblical text. This singular occurrence limits what can be determined about its full range of usage or semantic nuance within the biblical corpus. The word functions grammatically as a question word, soliciting information about location or position. Given its hapax legomenon status—appearing only a single time—this word occupies an unusual place in biblical Hebrew vocabulary. While the core meaning "where?" is transparent, the single attestation prevents linguistic analysis of how the word might have been used in different contexts, whether it carried specialized connotations, or how it compared functionally to other Hebrew interrogatives expressing location. The rarity of the term suggests either that it was a variant or less common form of expressing locational questions in biblical Hebrew, or that it belonged to a specific register or period of the language.

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2 Kings 6:13

He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” He was told, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”