עַי
ayNounH5857
Ai
From: or (feminine) עַיָּא; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת; (Isaiah 10:28), for H5856 (עִי);
Short Definition
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
Full Lexicon Entry
§ 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
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun
Morphology N:N--L
DescriptionN:N--L
Occurrences
34 timesAppears 34 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Joshua
27
Genesis
2
Nehemiah
2
Ezra
1
Isaiah
1
Key Passages
- Ezra 2:28
- Joshua 10:2
- Joshua 8:1
- Joshua 8:12
- Joshua 8:21
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