Lexicon i: a jackal Original Word: אּיִּיםPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: i Phonetic Spelling: (ee) Short Definition: Hyenas NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom oyDefinitiona jackal NASB TranslationHyenas (1), jackals (1), wolves (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. [ אִי] noun masculine jackal ( howler, for * אָוִי see Ba NB 188, compare Arabic  , whence  ) — plural אִיִּים, Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:14; Jeremiah 50:39 (inhabitant of desert, ruin). Strong's wild beast of the islands Probably identical with 'iy (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. see HEBREW 'iy |
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