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Genesis 10:5 אִיֵּ֤י [the] coastlands of

From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

Here: The shores and islands of the Mediterranean, seen from Israel as distant lands across the water. The place stands for the people living there, since it is people who have clans and languages.

Esther 10:1 וְאִיֵּ֥י and [the] islands of

Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.

Psalm 72:10 וְ֭אִיִּים and [the] islands

May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

Here: The shores and islands of the Mediterranean: the remote seaboard peoples at the western edge of the known world. It means coastlands in general, not just islands.

Psalm 97:1 אִיִּ֥ים islands

The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean seen from Israel: Cyprus, the Aegean, lands westward across the sea. For an Israelite this meant the far edge of the known world and its distant peoples.

Isaiah 11:11 וּמֵאִיֵּ֖י and from [the] islands of

On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Here: 'Iyyim' are coasts and islands, land bordering the sea. It does not mean only islands in the modern sense.

Isaiah 20:6 הָאִ֣י the coast

And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

Isaiah 23:2 אִ֑י [the] coastland

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

Isaiah 23:6 אִֽי׃ [the] coastland

Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!

Isaiah 24:15 בְּאִיֵּ֣י in [the] islands of

Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

Here: 'In the coastlands of'. The word covers any land seen across water: islands, but also the shores and coasts of the Mediterranean. To a Judean it meant the far western edge of the known world.

Isaiah 40:15 אִיִּ֖ים islands

Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean, the far west seen from Israel and the edge of the known world. It covers seaboards as well as islands.

Isaiah 41:1 אִיִּ֔ים O islands

“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean, and more loosely the far edges of the known world. It means the most distant nations, not only places surrounded by water.

Isaiah 41:5 אִיִּים֙ islands

The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

Here: The maritime lands of the Mediterranean, its coasts and islands, and by extension the far-off peoples at the western edge of the known world. They were already called to court in 41:1 ("Be silent before me, coastlands").

Isaiah 42:4 אִיִּ֥ים islands

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean, the far western edge of the known world. In Isaiah 40–55 the word stands for distant non-Israelite peoples (41:1, 5; 49:1).

Isaiah 42:10 אִיִּ֖ים O islands

Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean: Cyprus, the Aegean, the far west. For Isaiah these were the most distant nations. In 42:4 these same coastlands "wait for his teaching". Here they sing.

Isaiah 42:12 בָּאִיִּ֥ים in the islands

Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.

Isaiah 42:15 לָֽאִיִּ֔ים <into> <the> islands

I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.

Here: 'Into islands/coastlands.' The river shrinks until its bed is exposed sandbars and dry ground. The same word means the far coastlands earlier in this chapter (42:4, 10, 12), so some hear a play on words. Others think the text first read 'dry places'.

Isaiah 49:1 אִיִּים֙ O islands

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean and, beyond them, the far edges of the known world. They are addressed as if they were people, and they stand for the most distant nations.

Isaiah 51:5 אִיִּ֣ים islands

My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

Here: 'Coastlands': the shores and islands of the Mediterranean, which in Isaiah stand for the far edges of the known world.

Isaiah 59:18 לָאִיִּ֖ים to the islands

So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean, which to Israel were the far west and the edge of the known world. Placing the word first stresses how far the settling of accounts reaches. Verse 19 picks up the same direction with 'from the west'.

Isaiah 60:9 אִיִּ֣ים islands

Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean, the far western edge of the world as Israel knew it. In Isaiah 40–66 they stand for distant peoples at the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 66:19 הָאִיִּ֣ים the islands

I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

Here: 'The coastlands': the shores and islands of the Mediterranean, a favourite word in Isaiah 40–66 for the remotest peoples who 'wait for his instruction' (42:4).

Jeremiah 2:10 אִיֵּ֤י [the] coasts of

Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:

Here: "Coastlands of," meaning land met from the sea, whether island or shoreline. To people in the Judean hills it suggested the far edge of the known world across the water.

Jeremiah 25:22 הָאִ֔י the coastland

all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;

Jeremiah 31:10 בָאִיִּ֖ים in the islands

Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

Here: The sea-coasts and islands of the Mediterranean west, which to an Israelite were the far edge of the inhabited world. The word means 'to the very ends of the earth', not tropical islands.

Jeremiah 47:4 אִ֥י [the] coastland of

For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

Here: A coast or island reached by sea. Used of Caphtor, it most likely means an island, Crete.

Ezekiel 26:15 הָאִיִּֽים׃ the islands

This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?

Ezekiel 26:18 הָֽאִיִּ֔ן הָאִיִּ֥ים the islands

Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean that made up Tyre's trading world. The plural ending -în is unusual. It is an Aramaic-style ending found now and then in Hebrew poetry and later Hebrew, where the normal ending is -îm.

Ezekiel 27:3 אִיִּ֖ים islands

Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

Ezekiel 27:6 מֵאִיֵּ֖י from [the] islands of

Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.

Ezekiel 27:7 מֵאִיֵּ֥י from [the] islands of

Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.

Ezekiel 27:15 אִיִּ֥ים islands

The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

Ezekiel 27:35 הָאִיִּ֔ים the islands

All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.

Here: The coasts and islands of the Mediterranean, the far-off maritime world linked to Tyre by its shipping (Cyprus, the Aegean, the western lands as far as Tarshish). It means 'coastlands' more than strictly 'islands'.

Ezekiel 39:6 הָאִיִּ֖ים the islands

I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.

Here: 'The coastlands': the islands and sea-coasts of the Mediterranean and, by extension, the far edges of the known world (compare Ezekiel 26–27 on Tyre's trading partners). In Ezekiel's day it stood for remote peoples who felt safely out of reach.

Daniel 11:18 לְאִיִּ֖ים to [the] coastlands

Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.

Zephaniah 2:11 אִיֵּ֥י [the] islands of

The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

Here: 'The coastlands of': the shores and islands across the Mediterranean, which to a Judean meant the far western edge of the known world.