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i: a jackal
Original Word: אּיִּים
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: i
Phonetic Spelling: (ee)
Short Definition: Hyenas

Word Origin
from oy
Definition
a jackal
NASB Word Usage
Hyenas (1), jackals (1), wolves (1).

II. [אִי] noun masculine jackal (howler, for *אָוִי see BaNB 188, compare Arabic , whence ) — plural אִיִּים, Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:14; Jeremiah 50:39 (inhabitant of desert, ruin).



wild beast of the islands

Probably identical with 'iy (through the idea of a doleful sound); a howler (used only in the plural), i.e. Any solitary wild creature; --wild beast of the islands.

see HEBREW 'iy

’iṭ·ṭêr — 2 Occ.
’ay·yām — 2 Occ.
’ay·yêh — 1 Occ.
’ay·yek·kāh — 1 Occ.
’ay·yōw — 2 Occ.
’ê — 24 Occ.
wə·’ê — 6 Occ.
’î- — 1 Occ.
’î- — 1 Occ.
wə·’î·lōw — 1 Occ.
bā·’î·yîm — 1 Occ.
bə·’î·yê — 1 Occ.
hā·’î — 2 Occ.
hā·’î·yîm — 5 Occ.
hā·’î·yin — 1 Occ.
’î — 3 Occ.
’î·yê — 3 Occ.
’î·yîm — 11 Occ.
lā·’î·yîm — 2 Occ.
lə·’î·yîm — 1 Occ.


Strong's Hebrew 338
3 Occurrences


’î·yîm — 3 Occ.

Isaiah 13:22
BIB: וְעָנָ֤ה אִיִּים֙ בְּאַלְמנוֹתָ֔יו וְתַנִּ֖ים
NAS: Hyenas will howl in their fortified
KJV: And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry
INT: shall cry Hyenas their fortified and dragons

Isaiah 34:14
BIB: צִיִּים֙ אֶת־ אִיִּ֔ים וְשָׂעִ֖יר עַל־
NAS: will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat
KJV: shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr
INT: of the desert with the wolves the hairy unto

Jeremiah 50:39
BIB: צִיִּים֙ אֶת־ אִיִּ֔ים וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ בָ֖הּ
NAS: [there] along with the jackals; The ostriches
KJV: Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell
INT: of the desert along the jackals will live first

3 Occurrences


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