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Lexicon :: Strong's H338 - 'î

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אִי
Transliteration
'î
Pronunciation
ee
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably identical with אִי (H337) (through the idea of a doleful sound)
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TWOT Reference: 43a

Strong’s Definitions

אִי ʼîy, ee; probably identical with H337 (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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H338 in the following manner: wild beasts of the islands (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H338 in the following manner: wild beasts of the islands (3x).

  1. howling beast, jackal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִי ʼîy, ee; probably identical with H337 (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.
STRONGS H338: Abbreviations
† II. [אִי] noun masculine jackal (howler, for *אָוִי see BaNB 188, compare Arabic اِبْنُ آوىَ, whence yfvAf txnb) — plural אִיִּים, Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:14; Jeremiah 50:39 (inhabitant of desert, ruin).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

13:22; 34:14

Jeremiah

50:39

H338

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H338 matches the Hebrew אִי ('î),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:22

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[fn]Hyenas will howl in their castles,

And jackals in their luxurious palaces.

Babylon’s time has nearly come,

And her days will not be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:14

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The creatures of the desert will encounter jackals

And the [fn]hairy goat will call to its kind;

Indeed, [fn]Lilith (night demon) will settle there

And find herself a place of rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:39

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“Therefore [fn]wild beasts of the desert will live there [in Babylon] with the jackals;

The ostriches also will live there,

And it will never again be inhabited [with people]

Or lived in from generation to generation.

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