H5857Proper name, a place40 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 12:8וְהָעַי
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
- Joshua 7:2הָעַי
Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
- Ezra 2:28וְהָעָי
the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;
- Nehemiah 7:32וְהָעָי
the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;
- Isaiah 10:28עַיַּת
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
- Jeremiah 49:3עַי
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.