HebrewH5856Noun (Masculine)

עִי

i

5Occurrences
H5856Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a ruin (as if overturned)

from H5753 (עָוָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
ruin, heap of ruins Also means: be.i (*בְּעִי *"ruins" H1164)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

עִי appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Micah
2
Jeremiah
1
Job
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

Jeremiah 26:18BSB

“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.’

Job 30:24BSB

Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined manwhen he cries for help in his distress.

Micah 1:6BSB

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.

Micah 3:12BSB

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.

Psalms 79:1BSB

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance;they have defiled Your holy templeand reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

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