AIJELETH SHAH_AR(aire-leth sha'har),(Heb.
101'7 n5, ah-yeh-leth' , hind; hash-shakh' ar, dawn, (Ps. xxii, title) 'Hind of the dawn,' i. e., the rising sun, found only once in the Bible as the introductory verse or title of Ps. xxii. It was used to describe to the musician the melody to which the psalm was to be played (see Music).
AIL (d'il), (Heb. a'yil), deer, generically, ac cording to Dr. Shaw. (See FALLOW DEER.) AIN (d'in), (Heb.r, aleyin, a fountain, liter ally, an eye).
1. One of the landmarks of the eastern bound ary of Palestine (Num. xxxiv:iI). It is probably Ain-el' A zy, the main source of the Orontes.
2. A city first assigned to the tribe of Judah (Josh. xv:32); and afterward to Simeon (Josh. xix:7; Chron. iv:32). It was one of the Levitical cities (Josh. xxi:i6).
Ashan takes the place of Ain in I Chron. vi:59. It is situated in the northeast of Canaan between Riblah and the Sea of Gennesareth.
AIR (air), (Gr. dhp,ah-ayr'), the atmosphere as opposed to the ether (a10(p, ay-thayer'), or higher and purer region of the sky (Acts xxii:23; I Thess. iv:17; Rev. ix:2; xvi:i7). (See WINDS. ) The air, or atmosphere, surrounding the earth, is often denoted by the word heaven; so the birds of the heaven-for the birds of the air. God
rained fire and brimstone on Sodom from heaven, that is, from the air (Gen. xix :24). "Let fire come down from heaven," that is, from the air (2 Kings i :io). Moses menaces Israel with the effects of God's wrath, by destruction with a pesti lential air (Dem. xxviii :22), or perhaps with a scorching wind, producing mortal diseases; or with a blast which ruins the corn (i Kings viii: 37). (See WIND.) Figurative. To "beat the air," and to "speak in the air" (i Cor. ix :26; xiv :9) are modes of expression used in most languages, signifying -to speak or act without judgment, or under standing; or to no purpose; to fatigue ourselves in vain. "The powers of the air" (Eph. ii :2) probably mean devils, who exercise their powers principally in the air ; exciting winds, storms, and tempests, or other malign influences (see Job i :7), and to which, perhaps, the apostle may allude; if it be not rather an accommodation to the Jewish belief which was current in his days, that the air was the abode of evil spirits. (See ANGEL.)