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 In Ps. 120:5 אוֹיָה לי , so אַלְלַי לִי   Mic. 7:1, Job 10:15. — הוֹי  ''woe! alas!'' in lament for the dead, 1 K. 13:30 הוֹי אָחִי  ; fuller form for the king, Jer. 22:18. In the form הוֹ  Am. 5:16. In a more general sense, Jer. 48:1; 50:27. Also in threatening remonstrance, Is. 1:4 הוֹי גּוֹי חֹטֵא  Ha! sinful nation, and often in Is. — Other forms, Jo. 1:15 אֲהָהּ לַיּוֹם  alas! for the day. Ez. 30:2 הָהּ ליום , 6:11 אָח. — An exclamation of delight, הֶאָח  Is. 44:16; by the horse in battle, Job 39:25; of malicious delight, Ps. 35:21; 40:16; 70:4, Ez. 25:3; 26:2.

The pron. מָה  ''how! what!'' is used in the expression of a variety of feelings, as wonder, awe, Gen. 28:17; scorn, sarcasm, 2 S. 6:20; dislike, Mal. 1:13 הִנֵּה מַתְּלָאָה  Oh what a bore! And so מִי   who! Mic. 7:18, &c.

The particle הִנֵּה  also, as הִנֶּנִּי   here I am! Gen. 18:9 הִנֵּה בָאֹהֶל   ''there! in the tent'' (is she). 16:11 הִנָּךְ הָרָה  see thou art with child! Very passionately Job 9:19, is it a question of strength? הִנֵּה  ! perhaps, of course! (he is irresistible).

Rem. 1. The adj. חָלִיֽלָה  profane (absit)! is construed with ל  of person and מן   of the act repudiated. The full phrase is found 1 S. 26:11 חָלִילָה לִּי מֵֽיהוה מִשְּׁלֹחַ , 24:7, 1 K. 21:3 (so rd. 2 S. 23:17), but oftener without מֵֽי׳   , Gen. 44:7, 17. The phrase acquires the force of an oath, and may be followed by אִם  (§ 120). 1 S. 24:7, 2 S. 20:20, Job 27:5. Cf. Jos. 22:29; 24:16.

Rem. 2. In Gen. 16:11, &c., the consn. is הנד אַתְּ הרה. So in Ar. with def. pred., Kor. 2:11, 12, 122.

Rem. 3. In exclamatory sentences there is omission of subj. as Gen. 18:9, or of pred. as Hos. 8:1, to the mouth the trumpet (set ye!), 1 K. 22:36 every man to his city (get ye!), Hos. 5:8 אַֽחֲרֶיךָ בִּנְיָמִין  perhaps, thy rear! Benj. (sc. guard!), or behind thee B. (is the danger). The word קוֹלּ  voice, sound of, is nearly hark! Is. 13:4; 66:6.