עִי (ʿî) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning ruin. It appears
4 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5856).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1577d)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1577d)ruin, heap of ruins; a prayer; grave, heap
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עִיnoun, masculine: ruin, heap of ruins
ruin, heap of ruins
Strong's H1164בְּעִי: a prayer KJV:grave.
Strong's H5856עִי: a ruin (as if overturned) KJV:heap.
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 1577: עָוָהʿāwâ — bend, twist; be bent, bowed down; its surface will he distort; commit iniquity, do wrong; crook; do amiss, bow down, make crooked, pervert, perverse, perversely, trouble, do wickedly