IYIM (heaps or ruins).1. Short form of Iyeabarim in Num_33:45. 2. Jos_15:29 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] incorrectly Iim), a town in Judah, one of the uttermost cities toward the border of Edom.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ı̄?yim (עיּים, ‛ı̄yı̄m, ?heaps? - the form of which, עיּי, ‛ı̄yē, is the construct):
(1) A short form of the name Iye-abarim (Num_33:45).
(2) A town in the territory of Judah (Jos_15:29; English Versions of the Bible wrongly ?Iim?). It lay in the extreme South, ?toward the border of Edom.? It is not identified.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Iyim
SEE ISLAND; SEE WILD BEAST.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.