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title: עַיִט — bird · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַיִט (5861), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: bird. BDB 1906: n.m. bird(s) of prey. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַיִט

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«עַיִט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bird** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 5861 · **BDB:** עַ֫יִט

### Glosses

a.bird.of.prey (2); bird\[s\].of.prey (2); of.prey (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bird [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5861/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bird(s) of prey [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5861/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 12:9 bird(s) of prey (from scream);—abs. ע׳ Gn 15:11 +, עָ֑יִט Jb 28:7, c. art. (perhaps) הַע׳ Je 12:9 b (cf. Gie; הַע׳ interrog. v a); cstr. עֵיט Is 18:6; Ez 39:4;—usually coll. Gn 15:11 (JE), Is 18:6 Jb 28:7, עֵיט הָרִים Is 18:6, עֵיט צִפּוֹר כָּל־כָּנָף Ez 39:4; fig. of foes of Judah Je 12:9 b; of single bird v 9 a (fig. of Judah), Is 46:11 (fig. of invader, ‖ אִישׁ עֲצָתִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַיִט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5861/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.7/)

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נָ֭תִיב לֹֽא־יְדָ֣עוֹ עָ֑יִט וְלֹ֥א שְׁ֝זָפַ֗תּוּ עֵ֣ין אַיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].path not it knows.it a.bird.of.prey and not it catches.sight.of.it \[the\].eye of.a.black.kite

*JPS 1917:* That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;

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[Genesis 15:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.11/)

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וַיֵּ֥רֶד הָעַ֖יִט עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖ם אַבְרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.came.down the.bird\[s\] of.prey on the carcasses and he.drove.away them Abram

*JPS 1917:* And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

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