אִי
ʾî
jackal
Strong's H338NounHebrewTWOT 43a

אִי (ʾî) is a Hebrew noun meaning jackal. It appears 3 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H338).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 43a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 43a)jackal, howler; wild beast of the islands
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אִי noun, masculine: jackal, howler

Strong's H338 אִי: a howler (used only in the plural), i.e. any solitary wild creature
KJV:wild beast of the islands.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 43: אוה ʾwh — to cry, howl

See it in Scripture

Isaiah 13:22Jeremiah 50:39

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