Probably identical with 'iy (through the idea of a doleful sound); a howler (used only in the plural), i.e. Any solitary wild creature; --wild beast of the islands.
1) howling beast, jackal Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably identical with H337 (through the idea of a doleful sound) Same Word by TWOT Number: 43a
Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. [אִי] noun masculinejackal (howler, for *אָוִי see BaNB 188, compare Arabic , whence ) — plural אִיִּים, Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:14; Jeremiah 50:39 (inhabitant of desert, ruin).
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 338. אּיִּים (i) — 3 Occurrences
Isaiah 13:22 HEB: וְעָנָ֤ה אִיִּים֙ בְּאַלְמנוֹתָ֔יו וְתַנִּ֖ים NAS:Hyenas will howl in their fortified KJV:And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry INT: shall cry Hyenas their fortified and dragons
Isaiah 34:14 HEB:צִיִּים֙ אֶת־ אִיִּ֔ים וְשָׂעִ֖יר עַל־ NAS: will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat KJV: shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr INT: of the desert with the wolves the hairy unto
Jeremiah 50:39 HEB:צִיִּים֙ אֶת־ אִיִּ֔ים וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ בָ֖הּ NAS: [there] along with the jackals; The ostriches KJV: Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell INT: of the desert along the jackals will live first