עַיִט
ʻayiṭ · H5861 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- Bird, genericBirds145 verses
- Eagle, vultureBirds39 verses
Meanings
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birds of prey
Class of larger birds of prey; associated with aggression and death
ExamplesGenesis 15:11 And birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Job 28:7 “No bird of prey knows the path, Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.
Isaiah 18:6 They will be left together for mountain birds of prey, And for the animals of the earth; And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them, And all the animals of the earth will spend harvest time on them.
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prey
Animate object that has fallen prey to an animal
ExamplesJeremiah 12:9 “Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the birds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the animals of the field, Bring them to devour!
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הַרmountain 1
- צִפּוֹרbird, sparrow 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צָבוּעַspeckled 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
- יָרַדto go down, to come down 1
- קוּץto awaken 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קָרָאto call, to cry out 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָher 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נַחֲלָהinheritance, heritage 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Birds001001002005
- עַיִט denotes a bird of prey, a ravenous bird, as in Genesis 15:11's "birds of prey" descending on Abram's sacrifice and Isaiah 18:6's "mountain birds of prey."
- Landforms001002003
- This domain reflects the word's association with mountain-dwelling birds of prey (compare Isaiah 18:6's "mountain birds of prey"), linking the bird to its characteristic highland habitat.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5861. ayit עַ֫יִט noun masculineJer 12:19 bird(s) of prey (from scream); — absolute ׳ע…
עַ֫יִט noun masculineJer 12:19 bird(s) of prey (from scream); — absolute ׳ע Gen 15:11+, עָ֑יִט Job 28:7, with article (perhaps) ׳הַע Jer 12:9b (compare Gie; ׳הַע interrogative va); construct עֵיט Isa 18:6; Eze 39:4; — usually collective Gen 15:11 (JE), Isa 18:6; Job 28:7, הָרִים עֵיט Isa 18:6, כָּלכָּֿנָף צִמּוֺר עֵיט Eze 39:4; figurative of foes of Judah Jer 12:9 b; of single bird Jer 12:9 a (figurative of Judah), Isa 46:11 (figurative of invader, || עֲצָתִי אִישׁ).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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