עַיʻAy

Meanings

Same root

• עִיʻîy · H5856a ruin (as if overturned)
• עֲוִיתʻĂvîyth · H5762Avvith (or Avvoth), a place in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 40 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 12:8 After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord.
• Genesis 13:3 From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
• Joshua 7:2 Joshua sent some of his men from Jericho to spy out the town of Ai, east of Bethel, near Beth-aven.
• Joshua 7:3 When they returned, they told Joshua, “There’s no need for all of us to go up there; it won’t take more than two or three thousand men to attack Ai. Since there are so few of them, don’t make all our people struggle to go up there.”
• Joshua 7:4 So approximately 3,000 warriors were sent, but they were soundly defeated. The men of Ai
• Joshua 7:5 chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries, and they killed about thirty-six who were retreating down the slope. The Israelites were paralyzed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away.