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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(interj.) An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

King James Dictionary [2]

AH, An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, contempt, dislike, joy, exultation, &c., according to the manner of utterance.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]

(Hebrew Ach-, אִהאּ , or ACHI, אֲחַיאּ , Brother Of) occurs as the former part of many Hebrew proper names, with a signification of relationship or property, similar to that contained in AB- (q.v.) or ABI-, Father (Gesenius, Thes. Heb. p. 64), e.g. the names following; and likewise applied to females, e.g. AHINOAM (See Ahinoam) , comp. ABINOAM (See Abinoam) ; indeed in some cases they are nearly interchangeable, e.g. ABIMELECH (See Abimelech) , AHIMELECH (See Ahimelech) .

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