Genesis 15:11:2Gen.15.11.W2TAB
הָעַ֖יִט
haayit
“the bird of prey”
- Transliteration
- ha-A-yit
- Extended
- hah-AH-yiht
- IPA
- /haː.ˈʕa.jit/
Meaning by language
- English
- the bird of prey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
ha-A-yit
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-red ha-A-yit
- clause
va-YE-red ha-A-yit al-ha-pe-ga-RIM
- sentence
va-YE-red ha-A-yit al-ha-pe-ga-RIM va-yash-SHEV o-TAM av-RAM
Exegesis
Its subject is haayit {הָעַיִט | hā-ʿa-yîṭ} ‘the bird of prey’, a singular noun functioning generically to denote scavenging birds.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-ṭ
“bird of prey”
In context — Genesis 15:11
Then birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 15:11, so the Hebrew word הָעַ֖יִט (haayit) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.15.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.11.W2.S1) and character.