أَيَّas what

Example sentences

• فَجَعَلُوهُ بَيْنَهُمْ أَيَّ حَكَمًا

  So they appointed him a judge among them.

  أيْ — as what. This is a clarifying particle that introduces a specification, roughly 'namely / that is'. Its job is to flag that the following noun spells out the role the man was put into, linking the verb 'made him' to the office that defines it.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →