BDB363
אֵיכָה (from אַי and כָּה = כֹּה; compare Assyrian ekiam ) adverb
1.
interrogative
In what manner?
τίνι τρόπῳ; (rather more definite than אֵיח = πῶς); Deut 1:12; Deut 7:17; Deut 12:30; Deut 18:21; Deut 32:30; Judg 20:3 (indirect sentence) 2Kgs 6:15; Jer 8:8; Ps 73:11.
2. exclamation How! (slightly more emphatic than אֵיח) Isa 1:21; Jer 48:17;
Lam 1:1; Lam 2:1; Lam 4:1; Lam 4:2.
3. Where? (properly north-Israel; compare Aramaic אֵיכָא,
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where ? compare DrIntr. 178, 421) only
2Kgs 6:13
Kt
Song 1:7 (twice
in
verse), — each time in an indirect sentence.