Hebrew word · H351

אֵיכֹה

'eikhoh

where?

'Where?' A rare spelling of the usual ʾêpōh, found only in this verse.

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

where!

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 2 Kings 6:13

Range of meaning

'Where?' A rare spelling of the usual ʾêpōh, found only in this verse.

Against the English

All versions translate it 'where'. Nothing is lost.

Used elsewhere in the period

Listed in BDB as a variant of ʾêpōh, attested only in 2 Kgs 6:13. Some manuscripts and the ancient versions reflect the ordinary 'where'. It may be a northern or dialect spelling, or a copying variant. The evidence does not settle which.

Where it appears

2 Kings · 1

  1. 2 Kings 6:13 אֵיכֹ֣ה where?

    So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

    Here: A spelling of 'where?' found only here, a variant of the usual ʾêpōh. It is an indirect question: 'see where he is'.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.