Lexical Definition

‎בַּיִת‎ bayith (bah-yith) house ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎בַּיִת‎

house.

• {a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}

1) house (of men)
2) house (of God)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: בַּיִת

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בַּ֫יִת‎]₄₄ noun masculine^{Ezra 6:7} house (Biblical Hebrew ‎בַּ֫יִת‎); — emphatic ‎בַּיְתָ֫א‎ Ezra 5:3 +, ‎ תָ֫ה‎- Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:15 construct ‎בֵּית(ֿׅ‎ Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 +; suffix ‎בַּיְתִי‎ Dan 4:1* (Baer^n., compare M^{§ 76 c}; van d. H. Gi ‎בֵּיתִי‎), ‎בַּיְהֵתּ‎ Dan 2:17 +; plural suffix ‎בָּֽתֵּיכוֺן‎ Dan 2:5 —

1. house, of men : Ezra 6:11 (twice in verse); Dan 2:5; Dan 2:17; Dan 3:29; Dan 6:11* of king Ezra 6:4; Dan 4:4*, ‎מִשְׁתְּיָא‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Dan 5:10, ‎גִּנְוַיָא דִּי מִלְכָּא‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Ezra 5:17, compare Ezra 7:20 = ‎׳‎‎סִפְרַיָא וגו‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Ezra 6:1 ‎מִלְכוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Ezra 4:30 royal residence (of Babylonian ).

2. house of God, temple at Jerusalem Dan 5:3; Dan 5:23; Ezra 4:24 + 28 t. Ezra.

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