O that!
אַחֲלַיStrong’s H0305achalay (a-cha-lay)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Achalay is the Hebrew word usually translated “would that”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.”
Meaning
- Oh that...!; oh would that!; ah that!
How it's translated
- would that 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
אַחֲלַי achalay · O that!
Oh that...!; oh would that!; ah that!
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.