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title: אִי — not · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִי (336), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: not. BDB 1906: adv. not. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִי

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«אִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **not** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 336 · **BDB:** אִי⁴

### Glosses

not (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

not [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/336/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. not [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/336/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. not (frequently in Rabb., as אִי אֶפְשַׁר impossible; and in Ethiopic the ordinary negative; cf. Ph. אי CISi. 3, 5 and in איבל 165, 18; 167, 11; Ass. ai) Jb 22:30 אִי־נָקִי the non-innocent read perhaps אֵל (Me), or אֱלֹהַּ (Ley), with וְתִמָּלֵט in v b.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/336/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 22:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.30/)

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יְֽמַלֵּ֥טאִֽי־נָקִ֑י וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* he.will.deliver not an.innocent.\[person\] and he.will.be.delivered by the.cleanness your.palms your

*JPS 1917:* He delivereth him that is innocent, yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

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