STRONGS NUMBER H344


Word Summary
ayyah: a hawk, falcon, kite
Original Word: אַיָּה
Transliteration: ayyah
Phonetic Spelling: (ah-yaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a hawk, falcon, kite
Meaning: the screamer, a hawk
Strong's Concordance
kite, vulture

Perhaps from 'iy; the screamer, i.e. A hawk -- kite, vulture.

see HEBREW 'iy

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H344. ayyah

I. אַיָּהnoun feminine hawk, falcon, kite (perhaps from cry; compare Arabic , a kind of hawk) Leviticus 11:14; Deuteronomy 14:13 Generic, compare לְמִינָהּ‎ & Di; Job 28:7 (keen-sighted).