King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5857
Transliteration: Ay or Ayya or Ayyath
Phonetic Spelling: (ah'ee)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a Canaanite city
Meaning: Ai -- a Canaanite city
Word Summary
Ay or Ayya or Ayyath: a Canaanite city
Original Word: עַיTransliteration: Ay or Ayya or Ayyath
Phonetic Spelling: (ah'ee)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a Canaanite city
Meaning: Ai -- a Canaanite city
Strong's Concordance
Ai, Aija, Aijath,Or (feminine) uaya((Neh. 11:31) {ah-yaw'}; or eayath (Isaiah 10:28) {ah-yawth'}; for iy; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine -- Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
see HEBREW iy
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5857. Ay
or Ayya or Ayyath עַיָּה עַיָּ֑ת, עַי,40
proper name, of a location Αγγαι (Genesis), Γαι:
1 old Canaanite city, עַי always with article הָעַי (הָעָ֑י Genesis 13:3 +), near Bethel to the southeast (exact site unknown, compare DiJoshua 7:2 BuhlGeogr. 177), Genesis 12:8 (J), 13:3 (J), Joshua 7:2 (twice in verse); 7:3-4, 5; 8:1 (twice in verse); 8:2, 318t. Joshua 8 (+ Qr 8:12; 8:16, but improbable, Kt עיר, compare Di), 9:3; 10:1 (twice in verse); 10:2 (all J E), 12:9 (D), Ezra 2:28 = Nehemiah 7:32; = עַיָּת Isaiah 10:28; עַיָּה (so Baer Ginsb, > עַיָּא van d. H.) Nehemiah 11:31, so read also (for עַזָּה q. v. near the end) 1 Chronicles 7:28.
2 east Jordan city Jeremiah 49:3 (+ חֶשְׁבוֺן), but read עָר city (?) Gf RothstKau Co (הָעִיר ?).
עִי see I. עוה. עַיָּא see עַי. עיב see עוב.
עֵיבָל see עוֺבָל below עבל. עַיָּה see עַי. p. 716, above