בית

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See also: בי״ת

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

Root
ב־י־ת (b-y-t)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. house
  2. school
  3. (poetry) stanza (a unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse)
  4. verse (part of a song)
  5. (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.
  6. household; family
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Yiddish: בית (beys)
    • → Alemannic German: Beiz
    • → German: Beiz
References

Proper noun

בֵּית • (béyt, beṯ) f

  1. Alternative form of בי״ת
Derived terms

Proper noun

הַבַּיִת • (habáyit) m

  1. Clipping of בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

Verb

בִּיֵּת • (biyét) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ביית

Verb

בֻּיַּת • (buyát) (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. (computing, most commonly) byte

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בֵּית, singular construct form of Hebrew בַּֽיִת.

Pronunciation

Noun

בית • (beys) m or f

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

Descendants

  • → Alemannic German: Beiz
  • → German: Beiz
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