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Strong's #5856 - עִי
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- ruin, heap of ruins
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1516) ig (גהי GhY) AC: ? CO: Ruin AB: ?: The pictograph g is a twisted rope. The i is a picture of a the hand meaning work. Combined these mean "twisted work".
A) ig (גהי GhY) AC: ? CO: Ruin AB: ?: A city or structure that has been demolished.
Nm) ig (גהי GhY) - Ruin: KJV (4): heap - Strongs: H5856 (עִי)
km) igm (מגהי MGhY) - Ruin: KJV (1): heap - Strongs: H4596 (מְעִי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
עִי (for עֱוִי, from the root עָוָה, to overturn, to destroy), pl. עִיִּים m.
(1) ruins, ruinous heaps, Micah 1:6; Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 3:12; Psalms 79:1 comp. מְעִי.
(2) עִיִּים Numbers 33:45, and more fully עִיִּי הָעֲבָרִים verse 44 Numbers 33:44, 21:11 (“the ruinous heaps of mount Abarim”), [Ije-abarim], a part of mount Abarim.
(3) עִיִּים [Iim], a town of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:29.