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title: עַי — Ai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַי (5857), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: Ai. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַי

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«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.

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**Used:** 38 times · **Key:** 5857 · **BDB:** עַי

### Glosses

Ai (38)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5857/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5857/#m2)

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**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?).

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5857/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.28/)

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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.

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[Nehemiah 7:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.32/)

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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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