The meaning of “עִי”
Understanding ʻîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
heap. - a ruin (as if overturned) 1) ruin, heap of ruins
עִי
heap. - a ruin (as if overturned) 1) ruin, heap of ruins
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Psalms 79:1 | “O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.” Word: עִי (ʻîy) | |
| Jeremiah 26:18 | “Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.” Word: עִי (ʻîy) | |
| Micah 1:6 | “Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.” Word: עִי (ʻîy) | |
| Micah 3:12 | “Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. ” Word: עִי (ʻîy) |