אִי

I. אִי noun masculine^{Es 20,5} ( feminine^{Es 23,2}) coast, region₃₃₉ (contracted from אֱוִי so Ol^{§ 152 b}; place whither one betakes oneself for resting, etc., originally from mariner's standpoint) — אִי absolute Es 20,6 +; construct Jer 47,4 (Job 22,30 see below IV. אִי compare Di) plural אִיִּים Sl 72,10 +; אִיִּן Ezk 26,18 (Co איים) אִיֵּי 1 Mos 10,5 +; — coast, border, region (mostly late), of Philistia & Phenicia with adjacent country Es 20,6; Es 23,2; Es 23,6 so of Caphtor (= Crete) Jer 47,4 מַלְכֵי הָאִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיָּם Jer 25,22 elswhere plural, coasts of Chittim Jer 2,10; Ezk 27,6, of Elishah vEzk 27,7 different countries (on or in sea) vEzk 27,3 vEzk 27,15 vEzk 27,35; Ezk 26,15; Ezk 26,18 (twice in verse) (last strike out Co compare ᵐ5) compare Ezk 39,6, so also אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם 1 Mos 10,5 (P); particular אִיֵּי הַיָּם = coast-lands & islands Es 11,11; Es 24,15, || הָאָרֶץ Est 10,1 see (without הַיָּם) Dan 11,18, & Sl 72,10 so often Isa² including inhabitants, Sl 41,1; Sl 41,5; Sl 42,4; Sl 42,10 (אִיִּים וְישְׁבֵיהֶם || הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֺ) vEs 42,12; Es 49,1; Es 51,5; Es 59,18; Es 60,9; Es 66,19 compare Jer 31,10; Sl 97,1; Sef 2,11 (אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם); islands, distinctly (taken up by ׳א as little things) Es 40,15 coasts, banks, i.e. habitable lands Es 42,15 (|| נְהָרוֺת).