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אַחֲלַי

a.cha.lay

O that!

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Strong’s H305Interjection2 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

would that2

In the text

2 Kings 5:3אַחֲלֵי
She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”
Psalm 119:5אַחֲלַי
Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אַחְלַי ψ 119:5 and אַחֲלֵי 2 K 5:3 ah that! (𝔊 ὄφελον).

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.