See אבוי in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "אֲבוֹי",
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},
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"form": "avóy",
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"wv": "אֲבוֹי"
},
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}
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"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "intj",
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"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
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"derived": [
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"roman": "óy va'avóy",
"word": "אוֹי וַאֲבוֹי"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Woe to the shepherd who abandons his sheep.",
"text": "אבוי לרועה הצאן שינטוש את כבשיו",
"translation": "Woe to the shepherd who abandons his sheep.",
"type": "example"
},
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17,
23
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],
"english": "Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? Who hath contentions? who hath raving? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to try mixed wine.",
"text": "לְמִי אוֹי לְמִי אֲבוֹי, לְמִי מדונים (מִדְיָנִים). לְמִי שִׂיחַ, לְמִי פְּצָעִים חִנָּם; לְמִי חַכְלִלוּת עֵינָיִם? לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥ים עַל־ הַיָּ֑יִן לַ֝בָּאִ֗ים לַחְקֹ֥ר מִמְסָֽךְ.",
"translation": "Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? Who hath contentions? who hath raving? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to try mixed wine.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"woe!, ah! alas!"
],
"id": "en-אבוי-he-intj-XfnC1rz5",
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"woe",
"woe"
],
[
"ah",
"ah"
],
[
"alas",
"alas"
]
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"roman": "ava",
"word": "אָבָה"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/(ʔ)aˈvoi/",
"tags": [
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}
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"word": "אבוי"
}
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"roman": "óy va'avóy",
"word": "אוֹי וַאֲבוֹי"
}
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"tags": [
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}
],
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"wv": "אֲבוֹי"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "intj",
"related": [
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"word": "אָבָה"
}
],
"senses": [
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"Hebrew interjections",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
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"Hebrew terms with quotations",
"Hebrew terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations",
"Requests for transliteration of Hebrew usage examples"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Woe to the shepherd who abandons his sheep.",
"text": "אבוי לרועה הצאן שינטוש את כבשיו",
"translation": "Woe to the shepherd who abandons his sheep.",
"type": "example"
},
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17,
23
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],
"english": "Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? Who hath contentions? who hath raving? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to try mixed wine.",
"text": "לְמִי אוֹי לְמִי אֲבוֹי, לְמִי מדונים (מִדְיָנִים). לְמִי שִׂיחַ, לְמִי פְּצָעִים חִנָּם; לְמִי חַכְלִלוּת עֵינָיִם? לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥ים עַל־ הַיָּ֑יִן לַ֝בָּאִ֗ים לַחְקֹ֥ר מִמְסָֽךְ.",
"translation": "Who crieth: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? Who hath contentions? who hath raving? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to try mixed wine.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"woe!, ah! alas!"
],
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[
"woe",
"woe"
],
[
"ah",
"ah"
],
[
"alas",
"alas"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/(ʔ)aˈvoi/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "אבוי"
}
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