Lexical Definition

‎אִי‎ ʼîy (ee) coastland ^H:N-M
from ‎אָוָה‎

country, isle, island.

• properly, a habitable spot (as desirable)
• dry land, a coast, an island

1) coast, island, shore, region

See Greek: ἔθνος · θάλασσα · νῆσος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 vEzek 27:7 different countries (on or in sea) vEzek 27:3 vEzek 27:15 vEzek 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) vIsa 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).

I. ‎אִי‎ noun masculine isle, coast, see I. ‎אָוָה‎.

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