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 times

Appears 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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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.