אי מזה
Hebrew
Etymology
From אֵי ('e, “where”) + מִ־ (mi, “from”) + זֶה (ze, “this”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)e miˈze/
Adverb
- whence, from where
- Synonym: מֵאַיִן
- Tanach, Genesis 16:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיֹּאמַר הָגָר שִׁפְחַת שָׂרַי אֵי־מִזֶּה בָאת וְאָנָה תֵלֵכִי וַתֹּאמֶר מִפְּנֵי שָׂרַי גְּבִרְתִּי אָנֹכִי בֹּרַחַת׃
- And he said: ‘Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?’ And she said: ‘I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.’