עִי
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“ruin”
Definition
a ruin (as if overturned)
from H5753 (עָוָה);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עִי appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says:‘Zion will be plowed like a field,Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined manwhen he cries for help in his distress.
Therefore I will make Samariaa heap of rubble in the open field,a planting area for a vineyard.I will pour her stones into the valleyand expose her foundations.
Therefore, because of you,Zion will be plowed like a field,Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance;they have defiled Your holy templeand reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
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