Ah

King James Dictionary

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

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

In proper names. See Ahi .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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) .