H5857 עַי (ʻAy) ah'ee

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Biblical Persons & Places

Ai Ai_1

A location first mentioned at Gen.12.8; referred to as Ai or "city" (=Ketiv. Qere, KJV, NIV= Ai) or Aiath or Aija (עַי).

Ai Ai_2= near Heshbon (Heshbon@Num.21.25-Jer=H2809)

A location near Heshbon only mentioned at Jer.49.3; only referred to as Ai (עַי).

Strong's Definition

Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine

Derivation: or (feminine) עַיָּא; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת; (Isaiah 10:28), for H5856 (עִי);

KJV Usage: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"

1) a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan

2) a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עַי (ay) — Ai.

§ Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins" a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan

עַי (ay) — Ai.

§ Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins" a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עַי (H5857a)

name · עוה · עַיָּה

Names of Locations | ≈ עַיָּה

Ai = town, probably to be identified with Aiah; ◄ near Bethel, territory of Ephraim

GEN 12:8 · GEN 13:3 · JOS 7:2 · JOS 7:2 · JOS 7:3 · JOS 7:4 · JOS 7:5 · JOS 8:1 · JOS 8:1 · JOS 8:2 · JOS 8:3 · JOS 8:9 · JOS 8:9 · JOS 8:10 · JOS 8:11 · JOS 8:11 · JOS 8:12 · JOS 8:14 · JOS 8:16 · JOS 8:17 · JOS 8:18 · JOS 8:20 · JOS 8:21 · JOS 8:23 · JOS 8:24 · JOS 8:24 · JOS 8:25 · JOS 8:26 · JOS 8:28 · JOS 8:29 · JOS 9:3 · JOS 10:1 · JOS 10:1 · JOS 10:2 · JOS 12:9 · EZR 2:28 · NEH 7:32

Names of Locations

Ai = town; ◄ territory of Ammon

JER 49:3

town see עִיר

¹ JER 49:3 MT HOTTP-B RSV NIV NJPS NRSV REB GNT | NJB עָר

Reinier de Blois

עַיָּה (H5857b) — עַיָּת, עַיַּת

name

Names of Locations | ≈ עַי

Ayyah, Ai = town, probably to be identified with Ai; ◄ near Bethel, territory of Ephraim

1CH 7:28 · NEH 11:31 · ISA 10:28

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַי, עַיָּ֑ת, עַיָּה 40 n.pr.loc. old Canaanit. city

E. Jordan city

base

Bible Occurrences (33)

12:8 13:3

7:2 7:3 7:4 7:5 8:1 8:2 8:3 8:9 8:10 8:11 8:12 8:14 8:17 8:18 8:20 8:21 8:23 8:24 8:25 8:26 8:28 8:29 9:3 10:1 10:2 12:9

2:28

7:32 11:31

10:28

49:3

Genesis 12:8

From there [Abram] moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel... to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:3

From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched...,

Joshua 7:2

Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them,...... Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up and spied out Ai.

Joshua 7:3

On returning to Joshua, they reported..., There is no need... to send all the people; two or three thousand men [are enough] to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there -.

Joshua 7:4

So about three thousand men went up........., but they fled before the men of Ai.

Joshua 7:5

And the men of Ai struck down...... about thirty-six of them,... chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

Joshua 8:1

Then the LORD said to Joshua, Do not be afraid... or discouraged. Take the whole army... with you -, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

Joshua 8:2

And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.