See אוי on Wiktionary
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"english": "Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.",
"ref": "Tanach, 1 Samuel [[s:he:T08a04#ד_ח|4:8]], with translation of the King James Version:",
"roman": "oy lánu mi yatzilénu miyyád haelohím haaddirím haélle élle hem haelohím hamakkím et-mitzráyim bəchól makká bamidbár",
"text": "אוֹי לָנוּ מִי יַצִּילֵנוּ מִיַּד הָאֱלֹהִים הָאַדִּירִים הָאֵלֶּה אֵלֶּה הֵם הָאֱלֹהִים הַמַּכִּים אֶת-מִצְרַיִם בְּכָל-מַכָּה בַּמִּדְבָּר",
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"english": "Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said, Every single day a heavenly voice comes out from Mount Horeb and proclaims, Woe unto creation for its insult of Torah!",
"ref": "200 CE, Pirkei Avot:",
"text": "אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי, בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם בַּת קוֹל יוֹצֵאת מֵהַר חוֹרֵב וּמַכְרֶזֶת וְאוֹמֶרֶת, אוֹי לָהֶם לַבְּרִיּוֹת מֵעֶלְבּוֹנָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה.",
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"oh, alas, woe, oy"
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"roman": "ahá",
"word": "אֲהָהּ"
}
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "אֲהָהּ"
},
{
"word": "וַי"
}
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"roman": "oy vey",
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"word": "אוי וויי"
}
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"word": "אוֹי וַאֲבוֹי"
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"word": "אֲהָהּ"
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"english": "Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.",
"ref": "Tanach, 1 Samuel [[s:he:T08a04#ד_ח|4:8]], with translation of the King James Version:",
"roman": "oy lánu mi yatzilénu miyyád haelohím haaddirím haélle élle hem haelohím hamakkím et-mitzráyim bəchól makká bamidbár",
"text": "אוֹי לָנוּ מִי יַצִּילֵנוּ מִיַּד הָאֱלֹהִים הָאַדִּירִים הָאֵלֶּה אֵלֶּה הֵם הָאֱלֹהִים הַמַּכִּים אֶת-מִצְרַיִם בְּכָל-מַכָּה בַּמִּדְבָּר",
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"english": "Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said, Every single day a heavenly voice comes out from Mount Horeb and proclaims, Woe unto creation for its insult of Torah!",
"ref": "200 CE, Pirkei Avot:",
"text": "אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי, בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם בַּת קוֹל יוֹצֵאת מֵהַר חוֹרֵב וּמַכְרֶזֶת וְאוֹמֶרֶת, אוֹי לָהֶם לַבְּרִיּוֹת מֵעֶלְבּוֹנָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה.",
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"oh, alas, woe, oy"
],
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"oh",
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],
[
"alas",
"alas"
],
[
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"oy",
"oy"
]
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"word": "אֲהָהּ"
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"word": "וַי"
}
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"word": "אוי"
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"roman": "oy vey",
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"word": "אוי וויי"
}
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