אִי
i · howling creatures, hyenas
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H338 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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i (אִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “howling creatures, hyenas”.
Howling creatures of the wilderness, probably jackals or hyenas.
How to say it
i
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Wild animals that howl among desert ruins.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Isaiah 13:22
And hyenas will howl in its palaces, and jackals in the palaces of delight; and its time is near to come, and its days will not be prolonged.
- Isaiah 34:14
And desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and the male goat will call to its companion; yes, there Lilith will rest and find for herself a resting place.
- Jeremiah 50:39
Therefore desert creatures will dwell with hyenas, and ostriches will dwell in it; and it will not be inhabited again forever, nor be dwelt in from generation to generation.