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Ai

עַיStrong’s H5857

ay

Appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ay is the Hebrew word usually translated “ai”, “aija” and “aiath”. It appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament.

“And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.”
Genesis 12:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. § Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"
  2. § Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"
How it's translated
  • ai 29
  • and ai 3
  • to ai 2
  • in ai 2
  • of ai 1
  • and to ai 1
  • and aija 1
  • aiath 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Joshua 27
  • Genesis 2
  • Nehemiah 2
  • Ezra 1
  • Isaiah 1
  • Jeremiah 1

6 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.