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עַי

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§ Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins" a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עַי, עַיָּ֑ת, עַיָּה₄₀ proper name, of a location Αγγαι (Genesis), Γαι:

1. old Canaanite city, עַי always with article הָעַי (הָעָ֑י Gen 13:3 +), near Bethel to the southeast (exact site unknown, compare Di^{Josh 7:2} Buhl^{Geogr. 177}), Gen 12:8 (J), Gen 13:3 (J), Josh 7:2 (twice in verse); Josh 7:3; Josh 7:4; Josh 7:5; Josh 8:1 (twice in verse); Josh 8:2; Josh 8:3 + 18 t. Josh 8 (+ Qr vJosh 8:12 vJosh 8:16, but improbable, Kt עיר, compare Di), Josh 9:3; Josh 10:1 (twice in verse); Josh 10:2 (all J E), Josh 12:9 (D), Ezra 2:28 = Neh 7:32 = עַיָּת Isa 10:28 עַיָּה (so Baer Ginsb, > עַיָּא van d. H.) Neh 11:31, so read also (for עַזָּה q. v. near the end) 1Chr 7:28.

2. east Jordan city Jer 49:3 (+ חֶשְׁבוֺן), but read עָר city (?) Gf Rothst^Kau Co (הָעִיר ?).

עִי see I. עוה. עַיָּא see עַי. עיב see עוב.

עֵיבָל see עוֺבָל below עבל. עַיָּה see עַי. p. 716, above

26 occurrences

Genesis (1), Joshua (21), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Isaiah (1)