עַי

«עַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: Ai — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 38 times · Key: 5857 · BDB: עַי

Glosses

Ai (38)

Meaning (OSHB)

Ai tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.loc. Αγγαι (Gn), Γαι: old Canaanit. city, עַי always c. art. הָעַי (הָעָ֑י Gn 13:3 +), near Bethel to the SE. (exact site unknown, cf. Di Jos. 7:2 BuhlGeogr. 177), Gn 12:8 (J), 13:3 (J), Jos 7:2(×2), 3, 4, 5; 8:1(×2), 2, 3 + 18 times Jos 8 (+ Qr v 12, 16, but improb., Kt עיר, cf. Di), 9:3; 10:1(×2), 2 (all JE), 12:9 (D), Ezr 2:28 = Ne 7:32; = עַיָּת Is 10:28; עַיָּה (so Baer Ginsb, > עַיָּא van d. H.) Ne 11:31, so read also (for עַזָּה q.v. ad fin.) 1 Ch 7:28. E. Jordan city Je 49:3 (+ חֶשְׁבוֹן), but read עָר city (?) Gf RothstKau Co (הָעִיר?).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «עַי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ezra 2:28

אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵֽית־אֵל֙בֵֽית־אֵל֙ וְהָעָ֔י מָאתַ֖יִם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ס

Word for word: the.men of Bethel and (the) Ai two.hundred twenty and three

JPS 1917: The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

Nehemiah 7:32

אַנְשֵׁ֤י בֵֽית־אֵל֙בֵֽית־אֵל֙ וְהָעָ֔י מֵאָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ס

Word for word: the.men of Bethel and (the) Ai one.hundred twenty and three

JPS 1917: The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.

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