H305: אַחֲלַי
ʼachălay · pronounced akh-al-ah'ee · “O that!”
Definition
would that!
KJV translates it as: O that, would God.
Word origin: or אַחֲלֵי; prob from H253 (אָח) and a variation of H3863 (לוּא);
Extended definition
Oh that...!; oh would that!; ah that!
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H305 is translated
- would that! ×2
Bible verses with H305 (ʼachălay)
ʼachălay appears in 2 verses.
- 2 Kings 5:3
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.
- Psalms 119:5
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!