o.yah is an interjection voicing the speaker's distress in a lament over dwelling among Meshech and Kedar.

The attested use is an interjection introducing a personal cry of distress: Psalm 120:5 places it before the speaker's complaint about sojourning in Meshech and dwelling with the tents of Kedar.

1. Interjection introducing a cry of distress · dominant

   In Psalm 120:5, the form is tagged as a particle and interjection and stands at the opening of the speaker's lament. The APB renders the verse, "Woe to me, for I have sojourned in Meshech; I have dwelt with the tents of Kedar."

   Psalm 120:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 120:5, the APB opens the lament with "Woe to me." It confirms the verse's lamenting force rather than isolating a precise English equivalent.