Strong's H5857 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: עַי (ʻAy)

Pronunciation: ah'ee

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Name Meaning: Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"

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

Definition: Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai

Senses

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

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