Strong's Hebrew #5857 - עַי Ay or Ayya or Ayyath (a Canaanite city)

Ai, Aija, Aijath,

Or (feminine) uaya((Neh. 11:31) {ah-yaw'}; or eayath (Isaiah 10:28) {ah-yawth'}; for iy; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine -- Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.

see HEBREW iy

Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = “heap of ruins”
1) a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the 2nd city taken on the invasion of Canaan
2) a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: for H5856

עַי, עַיָּ֑ת, עַיָּה₄₀

proper name, of a location Αγγαι (Genesis), Γαι:

1 old Canaanite city, עַי always with article הָעַי (הָעָ֑י Genesis 13:3 +), near Bethel to the southeast (exact site unknown, compare Di^{Joshua 7:2} Buhl^{Geogr. 177}), Genesis 12:8 (J), Genesis 13:3 (J), Joshua 7:2 (twice in verse); Joshua 7:3,4,5; Joshua 8:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:2,318t. Joshua 8 (+ Qr Joshua 8:12; Joshua 8:16, but improbable, Kt עיר, compare Di), Joshua 9:3; Joshua 10:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:2 (all J E), Joshua 12:9 (D), Ezra 2:28 = Nehemiah 7:32; = עַיָּת Isaiah 10:28; עַיָּה (so Baer Ginsb, > עַיָּא van d. H.) Nehemiah 11:31, so read also (for עַזָּה q. v. near the end) 1 Chronicles 7:28.

2 east Jordan city Jeremiah 49:3 (+ חֶשְׁבוֺן), but read עָר city (?) Gf Rothst^Kau Co (הָעִיר ?).

עִי see I. עוה. עַיָּא see עַי. עיב see עוב.

עֵיבָל see עוֺבָל below עבל. עַיָּה see עַי. p. 716, above

Strong's Hebrew: 5857. עַי (Ay or Ayya or Ayyath) — 39 Occurrences

Genesis 12:8
HEB: אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־
NAS: on the west and Ai on the east;
KJV: on the west, and Hai on the east:
INT: Bethel the west and Ai the east built

Genesis 13:3
HEB: אֵ֖ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽי׃
NAS: between Bethel and Ai,
KJV: between Bethel and Hai;
INT: Bethel between and Ai

Joshua 7:2
HEB: אֲנָשִׁ֜ים מִֽירִיח֗וֹ הָעַ֞י אֲשֶׁ֨ר עִם־
NAS: men from Jericho to Ai, which is near
KJV: from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside
INT: men Jericho to Ai which is near

Joshua 7:2
HEB: וַֽיְרַגְּל֖וּ אֶת־ הָעָֽי׃
NAS: went up and spied out Ai.
KJV: went up and viewed Ai.
INT: the men and spied Ai

Joshua 7:3
HEB: וְיַכּ֣וּ אֶת־ הָעָ֑י אַל־ תְּיַגַּע־
NAS: need go up to Ai; do not make all
KJV: and smite Ai; [and] make not all the people
INT: go and smite to Ai nay toil

Joshua 7:4
HEB: לִפְנֵ֖י אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעָֽי׃
NAS: but they fled from the men of Ai.
KJV: before the men of Ai.
INT: before the men of Ai

Joshua 7:5
HEB: מֵהֶ֜ם אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעַ֗י כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וְשִׁשָּׁה֙
NAS: The men of Ai struck down
KJV: And the men of Ai smote
INT: like and the men of Ai thirty and six

Joshua 8:1
HEB: וְק֖וּם עֲלֵ֣ה הָעָ֑י רְאֵ֣ה ׀ נָתַ֣תִּי
NAS: go up to Ai; see,
KJV: go up to Ai: see,
INT: and arise go to Ai see have given

Joshua 8:1
HEB: אֶת־ מֶ֤לֶךְ הָעַי֙ וְאֶת־ עַמּ֔וֹ
NAS: the king of Ai, his people,
KJV: the king of Ai, and his people,
INT: your hand the king of Ai his people his city

Joshua 8:2
HEB: וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ לָעַ֜י וּלְמַלְכָּ֗הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: You shall do to Ai and its king just
KJV: And thou shalt do to Ai and her king
INT: shall do to Ai king you

Joshua 8:3
HEB: הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה לַעֲל֣וֹת הָעָ֑י וַיִּבְחַ֣ר יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ
NAS: to go up to Ai; and Joshua
KJV: to go up against Ai: and Joshua
INT: of war up Ai out and Joshua

Joshua 8:9
HEB: אֵ֛ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעַ֖י מִיָּ֣ם לָעָ֑י
NAS: Bethel and Ai, on the west side
KJV: between Bethel and Ai, on the west side
INT: Bethel between and Ai the west of Ai

Joshua 8:9
HEB: הָעַ֖י מִיָּ֣ם לָעָ֑י וַיָּ֧לֶן יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ
NAS: on the west side of Ai; but Joshua
KJV: on the west side of Ai: but Joshua
INT: and Ai the west of Ai spent Joshua

Joshua 8:10
HEB: לִפְנֵ֥י הָעָ֖ם הָעָֽי׃
NAS: before the people to Ai.
KJV: before the people to Ai.
INT: before the people to Ai

Joshua 8:11
HEB: וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ מִצְּפ֣וֹן לָעַ֔י וְהַגַּ֖י [בֵּינֹו
NAS: on the north side of Ai. Now [there was] a valley
KJV: on the north side of Ai: now [there was] a valley
INT: and camped the north of Ai now a valley between

Joshua 8:11
HEB: ק) וּבֵין־ הָעָֽי׃
NAS: between him and Ai.
KJV: now [there was] a valley between them and Ai.
INT: between between and Ai

Joshua 8:12
HEB: אֵ֛ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעַ֖י מִיָּ֥ם לָעִֽיר׃
NAS: Bethel and Ai, on the west side
KJV: between Bethel and Ai, on the west side
INT: Bethel between and Ai the west of the city

Joshua 8:14
HEB: כִּרְא֣וֹת מֶֽלֶךְ־ הָעַ֗י וַֽיְמַהֲר֡וּ וַיַּשְׁכִּ֡ימוּ
NAS: about when the king of Ai saw
KJV: And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw
INT: saw the king of Ai hurried and rose

Joshua 8:17
HEB: נִשְׁאַ֣ר אִ֗ישׁ בָּעַי֙ וּבֵ֣ית אֵ֔ל
NAS: was left in Ai or Bethel
KJV: left in Ai or Bethel,
INT: was left A man Ai Bethel who

Joshua 8:18
HEB: בְּיָֽדְךָ֙ אֶל־ הָעַ֔י כִּ֥י בְיָדְךָ֖
NAS: toward Ai, for I will give
KJV: that [is] in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give
INT: hand toward Ai into your hand

Joshua 8:20
HEB: וַיִּפְנ֣וּ אַנְשֵׁי֩ הָעַ֨י אַחֲרֵיהֶ֜ם וַיִּרְא֗וּ
NAS: When the men of Ai turned back
KJV: And when the men of Ai looked behind
INT: turned the men of Ai back and looked

Joshua 8:21
HEB: אֶת־ אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעָֽי׃
NAS: and slew the men of Ai.
KJV: and slew the men of Ai.
INT: and slew the men of Ai

Joshua 8:23
HEB: וְאֶת־ מֶ֥לֶךְ הָעַ֖י תָּ֣פְשׂוּ חָ֑י
NAS: the king of Ai and brought
KJV: And the king of Ai they took alive,
INT: the king of Ai took alive

Joshua 8:24
HEB: כָּל־ יֹשְׁבֵ֨י הָעַ֜י בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה בַּמִּדְבָּר֙
NAS: the inhabitants of Ai in the field
KJV: all the inhabitants of Ai in the field,
INT: all the inhabitants of Ai the field the wilderness

Joshua 8:24
HEB: כָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הָעַ֔י וַיַּכּ֥וּ אֹתָ֖הּ
NAS: returned to Ai and struck
KJV: returned unto Ai, and smote
INT: all Israel to Ai and struck the edge

Joshua 8:25
HEB: כֹּ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעָֽי׃
NAS: all the people of Ai.
KJV: thousand, [even] all the men of Ai.
INT: all manner the people of Ai

Joshua 8:26
HEB: כָּל־ יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָעָֽי׃
NAS: all the inhabitants of Ai.
KJV: all the inhabitants of Ai.
INT: all the inhabitants of Ai

Joshua 8:28
HEB: יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ אֶת־ הָעָ֑י וַיְשִׂימֶ֤הָ תֵּל־
NAS: So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap
KJV: burnt Ai, and made
INT: burned Joshua Ai and made A heap

Joshua 8:29
HEB: וְאֶת־ מֶ֧לֶךְ הָעַ֛י תָּלָ֥ה עַל־
NAS: the king of Ai on a tree
KJV: And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree
INT: the king of Ai hanged over

Joshua 9:3
HEB: יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ לִֽירִיח֖וֹ וְלָעָֽי׃
NAS: had done to Jericho and to Ai,
KJV: had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
INT: Joshua to Jericho Ai

Joshua 10:1
HEB: יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ אֶת־ הָעַי֮ וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ֒ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed
KJV: had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed
INT: had captured Joshua Ai utterly he

Joshua 10:1
HEB: כֵּן־ עָשָׂ֥ה לָעַ֖י וּלְמַלְכָּ֑הּ וְכִ֨י
NAS: he had done to Ai and its king),
KJV: so he had done to Ai and her king;
INT: so had done to Ai king for

Joshua 10:2
HEB: גְדוֹלָה֙ מִן־ הָעַ֔י וְכָל־ אֲנָשֶׁ֖יהָ
NAS: than Ai, and all
KJV: and because it [was] greater than Ai, and all the men
INT: greater than Ai and all men

Joshua 12:9
HEB: אֶחָ֑ד מֶ֧לֶךְ הָעַ֛י אֲשֶׁר־ מִצַּ֥ד
NAS: one; the king of Ai, which is beside
KJV: the king of Ai, which [is] beside
INT: one the king of Ai which which beside

Ezra 2:28
HEB: בֵֽית־ אֵל֙ וְהָעָ֔י מָאתַ֖יִם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
NAS: the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;
KJV: of Bethel and Ai, two hundred
INT: he Bethel and Ai hundred twenty

Nehemiah 7:32
HEB: בֵֽית־ אֵל֙ וְהָעָ֔י מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
NAS: the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
KJV: of Bethel and Ai, an hundred
INT: he Bethel and Ai an hundred twenty

Nehemiah 11:31
HEB: מִגָּ֑בַע מִכְמָ֣שׂ וְעַיָּ֔ה וּבֵֽית־ אֵ֖ל
NAS: [onward], at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel
KJV: [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel,
INT: Geba Michmash and Aija Bethel towns

Isaiah 10:28
HEB: בָּ֥א עַל־ עַיַּ֖ת עָבַ֣ר בְּמִגְר֑וֹן
NAS: against Aiath, He has passed
KJV: He is come to Aiath, he is passed
INT: has come against Aiath has passed Migron

Jeremiah 49:3
HEB: כִּ֣י שֻׁדְּדָה־ עַ֗י צְעַקְנָה֮ בְּנ֣וֹת
NAS: O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed!
KJV: O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled:
INT: for has been destroyed Ai Cry daughters