Lexical Definition

‎עַיִט‎ ʻayiṭ (ah'-yit) bird of prey ^H:N-M
from ‎עִיט‎

bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).

• a hawk or other bird of prey

1) bird of prey, a swooper

See Greek: ὄρνεον · πετεινόν

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַ֫יִט‎ noun masculine^{Jer 12:19} bird(s) of prey (from scream); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Gen 15:11+, ‎עָ֑יִט‎ Job 28:7, with article (perhaps) ‎׳‎‎הַע‎ Jer 12:9b (compare Gie; ‎׳‎‎הַע‎ interrogative v^a); construct ‎עֵיט‎ Isa 18:6; Ezek 39:4 — usually collective Gen 15:11 (JE), Isa 18:6; Job 28:7, ‎עֵיט הָרִים‎ Isa 18:6, ‎עֵיט‎ ‎צִפּוֺר כָּלכָּֿנָף‎ Ezek 39:4 figurative of foes of Judah Jer 12:9 b; of single bird vJer 12:9 a (figurative of Judah), Isa 46:11 (figurative of invader, || ‎אִישׁ עֲצָתִי‎).

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