אִי (ʾî) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning coast. It appears
36 times
in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H339).
Also rendered
coastland
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 39a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 39a)coast, region; habitable spot, dry land, island; country, isle
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אִיnoun, masculine: coast, region
Strong's H339אִי: properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island KJV:country, isle, island.
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 39: אוהʾwh — betake oneself, be tenderly inclined