King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H339
Transliteration: i
Phonetic Spelling: (ee)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: coast, region
Meaning: a habitable spot, dry land, a coast, an island
Word Summary
i: coast, region
Original Word: אִיTransliteration: i
Phonetic Spelling: (ee)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: coast, region
Meaning: a habitable spot, dry land, a coast, an island
Strong's Concordance
country, isle, island From 'avah; properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island -- country, isle, island.
see HEBREW 'avah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H339. i
I. אִי noun masculineIsaiah 20:5 ( feminine23:2) coast, region339 (contracted from אֱוִי so Ol§ 152 b; place whither one betakes oneself for resting, etc., originally from mariner's standpoint) — אִי absolute 20:6 +; construct Jeremiah 47:4; (Job 22:30 see below IV. אִי compare Di) plural אִיִּים Psalm 72:10 +; אִיִּן Ezekiel 26:18 (Co איים) אִיֵּי Genesis 10:5 +; — coast, border, region (mostly late), of Philistia & Phenicia with adjacent country Isaiah 20:6; 23:2, 6; so of Caphtor (= Crete) Jeremiah 47:4; הַיָּם בְּעֵבֶר אֲשֶׁר הָאִי מַלְכֵי 25:22; elswhere plural, coasts of Chittim 2:10; Ezekiel 27:6, of Elishah 27:7; different countries (on or in sea) 27:3; 27:15; 27:35; 26:15, 18 (twice in verse) (last strike out Co compare ᵐ5) compare 39:6, so also הַגּוֺיִם אִיֵּי Genesis 10:5 (P); particular הַיָּם אִיֵּי = coast-lands & islands Isaiah 11:11; 24:15, "" הָאָרֶץ Esther 10:1; see (without הַיָּם) Daniel 11:18, & Psalm 72:10; so often Isa2 including inhabitants, 41:1, 5; 42:4, 10 (וְישְׁבֵיהֶם אִיִּים "" וּמְלֹאוֺ הַיָּם) Isaiah 42:12; 49:1; 51:5; 59:18; 60:9; 66:19; compare Jeremiah 31:10; Psalm 97:1; Zephaniah 2:11 (הַגּוֺיִם אִיֵּי); islands, distinctly (taken up by ׳א as little things) Isaiah 40:15; coasts, banks, i.e. habitable lands 42:15 ("" נְהָרוֺת).
I. אִי noun masculine isle, coast, see I. אָוָה.