אַיָּה
aya · falcon
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H344 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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aya (אַיָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “falcon”.
A bird of prey, perhaps the falcon.
How to say it
a·ya
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A sharp-eyed bird of prey.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Leviticus 11:14
the kite, and the falcon according to its kind,
- Deuteronomy 14:13
the kite, the falcon, and the harrier of every kind,
- Job 28:7
A path that the bird of prey does not know, nor has the eye of the falcon looked on it;