H338

H338 — אִי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewiynoun mascOccurrences: 3TWOT: 4a

Definition / Gloss

iy (ee) n-m. 1. (properly) a howler 2. any solitary wild creature {used only in the plural} [probably identical with H337 (through the idea of a doleful sound)] KJV: wild beast of the islands. Root(s): H337

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H337

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TWOT: 4a

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KJV Renderings

wild beast of the islands.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB188

II. [אִי] noun masculine jackal (howler, for *אָוִי see Ba^{NB 188}, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 91], whence [untranscribed source text 92]) — plural אִיִּים, Isa 13:22; Isa 34:14; Jer 50:39 (inhabitant of desert, ruin).