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title: עִי — ruin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִי (5856), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: ruin. BDB 1906: ruin, heap of ruins. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִי

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

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 5856 · **BDB:** עִי

### Glosses

heaps.of.ruins (3); a.heap.of.ruins (1); heap.of.ruins (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ruin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5856/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ruin, heap of ruins [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5856/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] ruin, heap of ruins;—ע׳ abs. Jb 30:24, cstr. Mi 1:6; pl. עִיִּין (Aramaic form) 3:12, but עִיִּים in the quotation Je 26:18, and ψ 79:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5856/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.24/)

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אַ֣ךְ לֹא־בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־יָ֑ד אִם־בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ׃

*Word for word:* surely not on a.heap.of.ruins anyone.stretches.out a.hand or in disaster his \[belongs\].to.them a.cry.for.help

*JPS 1917:* Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,

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[Psalms 79:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.79.1/)

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מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ףאֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֡ים בָּ֤אוּ גוֹיִ֨ם ׀ בְּֽנַחֲלָתֶ֗ךָ טִ֭מְּאוּ אֶת־הֵיכַ֣ל קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם לְעִיִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* a.psalm of Asaph O.God they.have.come \[the\].nations in inheritance your they.have.made.unclean (et) the.temple your.holiness your they.have.made (et) Jerusalem into heaps.of.ruins

*JPS 1917:* A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; they have defiled Thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem into heaps.

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