Strong's H5857 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: עַי (ʻAy)

Pronunciation: ah'ee

POS: ah'ee Morph: n-pr-loc

Exegesis: or (feminine) ; (Nehemiah 11:31), or ; (Isaiah 10:28), for ;

Definition: or (feminine) עַיָּא; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת; (Isaiah 10:28), for עִי; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine; Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.

KJV Usage: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"
• 2. 1) a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan
• 3. 2) a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon

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