ekh introduces questions about manner, possibility, or response, and can frame an exclamation over a reversal or loss.

As an interrogative particle, אֵיךְ introduces questions concerning how an action, outcome, or response is possible or to be carried out; in lament and taunt clauses it also heads an exclamatory statement of downfall, loss, or change.

1. Interrogative and exclamatory clause opener · dominant

   The supplied morphology identifies the form as an interrogative particle. In 1 Samuel 16:2 the APB renders Samuel's question about going before Saul as "How shall I go?"; in Genesis 39:9 it introduces the objection to committing evil; and in 2 Samuel 1:19 it heads the lament, "How the mighty men have fallen!"

   1 Samuel 16:2Genesis 39:92 Samuel 1:192 Kings 17:28Hosea 11:8Jeremiah 50:23

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB commonly represents the particle with "How," including questions such as "How can" and exclamations such as "How the mighty men have fallen!" Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, its varying English phrasing reflects whole clauses rather than a fixed one-word equivalent.