H5857Hebrewʿay

עַי

Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.

41
Total Occurrences
7
Books
41
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1a city lying east of bethel and beside bethaven near jericho and the 2nd city taken on the invasion of canaan
  • 2a city of the ammonites on the east of the jordan and apparently attached to heshbon

Etymology & Derivation

or (feminine) עַיָּא; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת; (Isaiah 10:28), for H5856 (עִי);

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʻAy; Pronunciation: ah'ee