ʾyy

Common Semitic interrogative stem *ʾayy-, which?, where?.

1. Job, from Hebrew ʾiyyôb, perhaps from an early Northwest Semitic dialectal name meaning “where is the father?”, from ʾiyy, where?, akin to Hebrew ʾê, where? (ʾôb, father; see ʾb. Alternately, ʾiyyôb may be akin to Hebrew ʾōyēb, enemy; see ʾyb.)

2. Jezebel, from Hebrew ʾîzebel, where is the prince?, from î, akin to ê, ʾayyē, where? (zebel, prince; see zbl).

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