ʼalᵉlay — H480

Definition

interjection

alas!

1. woe! alas!

Usually translated as

woe

Origin

by reduplication from H421

• Derived from ʼâlâh (H421)

Occurrences

ʼalᵉlay occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Micah (1)

• Job 10:15 — If I be wicked, woe (אַלְלַ֬י) unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
• Micah 7:1 — Woe (אַ֣לְלַי) is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.