Strong's Hebrew #338 - אִי i (a jackal)

wild beast of the islands

Probably identical with 'iy (through the idea of a doleful sound); a howler (used only in the plural), i.e. Any solitary wild creature; --wild beast of the islands.

see HEBREW 'iy

1) howling beast, jackal
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably identical with H337 (through the idea of a doleful sound)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 43a

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

Strong's Hebrew: 338. אּיִּים (i) — 3 Occurrences

Isaiah 13:22
HEB: וְעָנָ֤ה אִיִּים֙ בְּאַלְמנוֹתָ֔יו וְתַנִּ֖ים
NAS: Hyenas will howl in their fortified
KJV: And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry
INT: shall cry Hyenas their fortified and dragons

Isaiah 34:14
HEB: צִיִּים֙ אֶת־ אִיִּ֔ים וְשָׂעִ֖יר עַל־
NAS: will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat
KJV: shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr
INT: of the desert with the wolves the hairy unto

Jeremiah 50:39
HEB: צִיִּים֙ אֶת־ אִיִּ֔ים וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ בָ֖הּ
NAS: [there] along with the jackals; The ostriches
KJV: Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell
INT: of the desert along the jackals will live first