Isaiah 18:6:9Isa.18.6.W9TAB

הָעַ֔יִט

haayit

the bird of prey

Transliteration
ha-A-yit
Extended
haa-AH-yihṭ
IPA
/haʕˈajit/

Meaning by language

English
the bird of prey

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + עַ֔ + יִט
ha + a + yit
haayit

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-A-yit

  2. clause

    ve-KATS a-LAV ha-A-yit ve-KHOL-be-he-MAT ha-A-rets a-LAV te-khe-RAF

  3. sentence

    ye-a-ZE-VU yakh-DAV le-IT ha-RIM u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets ve-KATS a-LAV ha-A-yit ve-KHOL-be-he-MAT ha-A-rets a-LAV te-khe-RAF

Root and etymology

ע־י־ט

to swoop

In contextIsaiah 18:6

They shall be left together to the bird of prey of the mountains and to the beast of the land; and the bird of prey shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall winter upon them.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 18:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Isaiah 18:6, so the Hebrew word הָעַ֔יִט (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 Isa.18.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.6.W9.S1) and character.