בית

Aramaic

Etymology 1

Noun

בֵּית • (bēṯ)

1. construct form of בַּיְתָא (bayṯā)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

בֵּית • (bēṯ)

1. beth, the second letter of the Aramaic alphabet.

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒂍 (bītum) and Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

Pronunciation

• בַּיִת:
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbajt/

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  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.jiθ/,
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.jɪs/
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.jiθ/
  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbajt/
• בֵּית:
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bet/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beθ/
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bejs/
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beθ/
  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beːt/

Noun

בַּיִת • (báyit, báyiṯ) m (plural indefinite בָּֽתִּים, singular construct בֵּית־, plural construct בָּֽתֵּי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form בָּיִת)

1. house
2. school
3. stanza, verse (part of a poem or song)
4. (with definite article) the Temple
   • 1170 CE, Maimonides, Mishneh Torah:

     וְרִבִּי יוֹחָנָן חִבַּר הַתַּלְמוּד הַיְּרוּשְׁלְמִי בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחַר חָרְבַּן הַבַּיִת בְּקֵרוּב מִשְּׁלוֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה.

     weribbi yoḥanan ḥibbar hattalmuḏ hayyerushelemi beʾereṣ yisraʾel aḥar ḥorban habbayiṯ beqeruv mishlosh meʾoṯ shana

     And Rabbi Yochanan compiled the Jerusalem Talmud in Eretz Yisrael after the destruction of the Temple, near the 3rd century.

5. household; family

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Yiddish: בית (beys)
  • → Alemannic German: Beiz
  • → German: Beiz

References

• H1004 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Proper noun

בֵּית • (béyt, beṯ) f

1. Alternative form of בי״ת

Derived terms

• אָלֶפְבֵּית (alefbet, ʾɔlɛp̄beṯ)

Proper noun

הַבַּיִת • (habáyit, hab-báyiṯ) m

1. Clipping of בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

Verb

בִּיֵּת • (biyet) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of ביית

Verb

בֻּיַּת • (buyát) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of בוית

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English byte, by similarity to בַּיִת (báyit, “house”).

Noun

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בַּיִת • (báyit) m (plural indefinite בָּתִּים)

1. byte

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בֵּית.

Pronunciation

• (YIVO, Litvish) IPA^(key): /bɛɪ̯s/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /baɪ̯s/

Noun

בית • (beys) m or f

1. beth (second letter of the Hebrew script)
2. (in compounds) house

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Beiz
• → German: Beiz