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title: עַיָּה — Ava · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַיָּה (lemma:עַיָּה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ava. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַיָּה

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«עַיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ava** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:עַיָּה · **BDB:** עַיָּה

### Glosses

Aija (1); Ayyah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ava [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5d9_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. עַי.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5d9_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.31/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן מִגָּ֑בַע מִכְמָ֣שׂ וְעַיָּ֔ה וּבֵֽית־אֵ֖לבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and the.descendants of.Benjamin \[were\].from Geba Micmash and Aija and Bethel Bethel and daughters its

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Benjamin from Geba onward, at Michmas and Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;

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[1 Chronicles 7:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.28/)

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וַאֲחֻזָּתָם֙ וּמֹ֣שְׁבוֹתָ֔ם בֵּֽית־אֵ֖לבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ וְלַמִּזְרָ֣ח נַעֲרָ֔ן וְלַֽמַּעֲרָ֗ב גֶּ֤זֶר וּבְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ וּשְׁכֶ֣ם וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ עַד־עַיָּ֖ה וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and possession their and their.dwelling places \[were\] Bethel and daughters its and to the east Naaran and to the west Gezer and daughters its and Shechem and daughters its to Ayyah and daughters its

*JPS 1917:* And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Aiah and the towns thereof;

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