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title: עִיִּים — Iim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִיִּים (5864), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Iim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִיִּים

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«עִיִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Iim** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5864 · **BDB:** עִיִּים

### Glosses

Iim (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Iim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5864/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5864/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Γαι, etc. (as if עַי): station of Isr. on E. border of Moab, before דִּיבֹן גָּד Nu 33:45, = עִיִּי הָעֲבָרִים v 44; 21:11 (all P; 𝔊 ignores הָעֲבָרִים). city in Judah Jos 15:29 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִיִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5864/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.29/)

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בַּעֲלָ֥ה וְעִיִּ֖ים וָעָֽצֶם׃

*Word for word:* Baalah and Iim and Ezem

*JPS 1917:* Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem;

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[Numbers 33:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.45/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מֵעִיִּ֑ים וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּדִיבֹ֥ן גָּֽד׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Iim and they.encamped at Dibon- gad

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from Ijim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.

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