I. אִי noun masculine[Isa 20:5] ( feminine[Isa 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 [Isa 20:6] +; construct [Jer 47:4] ([Job 22:30] see below IV. אִי compare Di) plural אִיִּים [Ps 72:10] +; אִיִּן [Ezek 26:18] (Co איים) אִיֵּי [Gen 10:5] +; — coast, border, region (mostly late), of Philistia & Phenicia with adjacent country [Isa 20:6]; [Isa 23:2]; [Isa 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]; [Ezek 27:6], of Elishah v[Ezek 27:7] different countries (on or in sea) v[Ezek 27:3] v[Ezek 27:15] v[Ezek 27:35]; [Ezek 26:15]; [Ezek 26:18] (twice in verse) (last strike out Co compare ᵐ5) compare [Ezek 39:6], so also אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם [Gen 10:5] (P); particular אִיֵּי הַיָּם = coast-lands & islands [Isa 11:11]; [Isa 24:15], || הָאָרֶץ [Esth 10:1] see (without הַיָּם) [Dan 11:18], & [Ps 72:10] so often Isa2 including inhabitants, [Ps 41:1]; [Ps 41:5]; [Ps 42:4]; [Ps 42:10] (אִיִּים וְישְׁבֵיהֶם || הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֺ) v[Isa 42:12]; [Isa 49:1]; [Isa 51:5]; [Isa 59:18]; [Isa 60:9]; [Isa 66:19] compare [Jer 31:10]; [Ps 97:1]; [Zeph 2:11] (אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם); islands, distinctly (taken up by ׳א as little things) [Isa 40:15] coasts, banks, i.e. habitable lands [Isa 42:15] (|| נְהָרוֺת).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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