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title: אַיָּה — Aiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַיָּה (345), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Aiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַיָּה

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«אַיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 345 · **BDB:** אַיָּה²

### Glosses

of.Aiah (4); Aiah (1); \[were\].Aiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/345/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/345/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (falcon) a Horite Gn 36:24; 1 Ch 1:40. father of Rizpah 2 S 3:7; 21:8, 10, 11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/345/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 21:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.11/)

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וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לְדָוִ֑ד אֵ֧ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֛ה רִצְפָּ֥ה בַת־אַיָּ֖ה פִּלֶ֥גֶשׁ שָׁאֽוּל׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.told to David (et) \[that\].which she.had.done Rizpah the.daughter of.Aiah the.concubine of.Saul

*JPS 1917:* And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

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[1 Chronicles 1:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.40/)

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בְּנֵ֣י שׁוֹבָ֔ל עַלְיָ֧ן וּמָנַ֛חַת וְעֵיבָ֖ל שְׁפִ֣י וְאוֹנָ֑םס וּבְנֵ֥י צִבְע֖וֹן אַיָּ֥ה וַעֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Shobal \[were\].Alyan and Manahath and Ebal Shephi and Onam and the.sons of.Zibeon \[were\].Aiah and Anah

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.

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