איפה

From אֵי (e, “where”) + פֹּה (po, “here”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): (properly) /eˈfo/, (commonly) /ˈe.fo/

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• Homophone: אֵפוֹא ("hence, therefore")

אֵיפֹה • (efó)

1. (direct interrogative) where; at what place

   אֵיפֹה אַתְּ?

   efó át?

   Where are you?

2. (indirect interrogative) where
   • Tanach, Genesis 37:16:

     וַיֹּאמֶר אֶת־אַחַי אָנֹכִי מְבַקֵּשׁ הַגִּידָה־נָּא לִי אֵיפֹה הֵם רֹעִים׃

     And he said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are grazing.

3. (fused relative) the place where

   הם יודעים איפה הוא הסתיר את קופסת התכשיטים.

   They know where he hid the jewelry box.

4. (demonstrative) there, here (followed by שֶׁ־)

   אתה נוגע בדיוק איפה שכואב.

   You touch exactly where it hurts.

• אַיֵּה (ayé)

• אֵיפֹשֶׁהוּ (éfoshehu)

• H375 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

From Egyptian jpt (“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”); compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲉⲓⲡⲉ (oeipe).

אֵיפָה • (efá) f

1. (historical units of measure) An ephah, a former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).

• → English: ephah