Lexical Definition

‎אִיתַי‎ ʼîythay (ee-thah'ee) there is ^A:Part
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎יֵשׁ‎

art thou, can, do ye, have, it be, there is (are), [idiom] we will not.

• properly, entity
• used only as aparticle of affirmation, there is

1) there is, there are
2) particle denoting existence

See Greek: γίνομαι · ἔχω

Extended Information

Aramaic of: יֵשׁ

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Hebrew form: יֵשׁ
‎אִיתַי‎ (Baer ‎אִתַי‎, except before suffix, see Baer^{Dan 2:10}) particle there is, are. . . (properly a substantive following by a genitive, see Biblical Hebrew ‎יֵשׁ‎: Egyptian Aramaic ‎איתי‎ RÉS³⁶¹, S-C^Pap., Nabataean ‎איתי‎, Palmyrene ‎אית‎, ᵑ7 Talmud ‎אִית‎ (Dalm^{§ 44, 4}), Syriac , Samaritan , Mandean ‎אית‎, ‎עית‎ (Nö^{M §§ 213. 272}): see further Biblical Hebrew ‎יֵשׁ‎); — ‎אִיתַי‎ Dan 2:10, suffix ‎אִיתָיךְ‎ Dan 2:26 Kt (Qr ‎אִיתָךְ‎ K^{§ 53, 2 b}), ‎אִית֫וֺהִי‎ Dan 2:11, ‎איתינא‎ Kt (i.e. probably ‎אִיתַ֫יְנָא‎: K^l.c.), Qr ‎אִיתָ֫נָא‎ Dan 3:18, ‎אִיתֵיכוֺן‎ vDan 3:14 vDan 3:15 — there is (are) . . ., absolute Dan 2:28 ‎אִיתַי אֱלָהּ בִּשְׁמַיָּא‎ there is a God in heaven, vDan 2:30 not by wisdom ‎דִּיאִֿיתַי בִּי‎ that is in me, Dan 3:12; Dan 5:11 followed by participle or adjective Dan 2:26 ‎הַאִיתָיךְ כָּהֵל‎ art thou able. . .? Dan 3:15; Dan 3:17 followed by ‎דִּי‎, Ezra 5:17 ‎הֵן אִיתַי דִּי‎ if it is that, . . With negative ‎לָא אִיתַי‎ (so S-C^{D 10} +; ᵑ7 Syriac, Mandean ‎לַיִת‎ , Zenjirli suffix ‎לישה‎ (Cooke¹⁸⁴); compare below Biblical Hebrew ‎יֵשׁ‎) Dan 2:10 ... ‎לָא אִיתַי אֱנָשׁ כִּי‎, Dan 3:29; Dan 4:32* after the subject Dan 2:11a; Dan 3:25 ‎בְּהוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎וַחֲבָל לָא א‎, Ezra 4:16 followed by participle or adjective Dan 3:14; Dan 3:18 with pleonastic suffix, Dan 2:11 ‎מְדָֽרְהוֺן‎ ‎עִסבִּֿשְׂרָא לָא אִיתוֺהִי‎.

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