עִיט
it · swoop, rush
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5860 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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it (עִיט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “swoop, rush”.
Swoop down, rush upon something like a bird of prey.
How to say it
it
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
- To dart greedily on something, like a bird of prey.
- To shout furiously at someone.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- rushed ×2
- he flew at ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 14:32
The people rushed on the spoil and took flocks and herds and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.
- 1 Samuel 15:19
Why then did you not listen to the voice of YHWH, but rushed on the spoil and did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH?”
- 1 Samuel 25:14
One young man of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to bless our master, and he flew at them.