BDB189
I. אַיָּה noun feminine hawk, falcon, kite (perhaps from cry; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 93], a kind of hawk) Lev 11:14; Deut 14:13 generic, compare לְמִינָהּ & Di; Job 28:7 (keen-sighted).
Strong's Lexicon
H344
H344 — אַיָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H344 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אַיָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | perhaps from H337 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | ayah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ah-yaw' |
| Meaning: | 1. the screamer, i.e. a hawk |
| KJV Renderings: | kite, vulture. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
איה (ahy-yah’)
Leviticus 11:14
- KJV: And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
- EHCC: the kite after his kind;*
Deuteronomy 14:13
- KJV: And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
- EHCC: the glede, and the kite,
Job 28:7
- KJV: There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
- EHCC: which the culture's eye hath not seen: