King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5860
Transliteration: iyt
Phonetic Spelling: (eet)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to scream, shriek
Meaning: to swoop down upon
Word Summary
iyt: to scream, shriek
Original Word: עִיטTransliteration: iyt
Phonetic Spelling: (eet)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to scream, shriek
Meaning: to swoop down upon
Strong's Concordance
fly, rail A primitive root; to swoop down upon (literally or figuratively) -- fly, rail.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5860. iyt
[עִיט] verb scream, shriek (Arabic , II. scream, scold, screaming, scolding, Frey Dozyii. 195; Syriac anger, reviling); — only
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular בָּהֶם וַיָּ֫עַט 1 Samuel 25:14 and he screamed at them (of Nabal).
[עִיט] verb denominative dart greedily (like a bird of prey); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular וַיַּ֫עַט Qr (Kt:erroneous ויעשׂ) 1 Samuel 14:32 and the people darted greedily upon the spoil (אֶלהַֿשָּׁלָל, so 2 masculine singular וַתַּ֫עַט 15:19 (on forms see Ges§ 72 f f.).