Mount Hor, seen from the cliffs near Petra. Coloured lithogr Wellcome V0049431Unknown · CC BY 4.0
Ajah(aiah)
אַיָּה/AY-jah/
“Hawk or falcon”
Summary
A Horite, son of Zibeon, ancestor of one of Esau's wives.
☩Horite Chief
Ajah (also spelled Aiah) was a son of Zibeon the Horite and brother of Anah. The Horites were the original inhabitants of Seir before the Edomites dispossessed them. Ajah's family became connected to Esau's descendants through intermarriage.
1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Ajah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
