Lexical Summary iyt: to scream, shriek Original Word: עִיטTransliteration: iyt Phonetic Spelling: (eet) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to scream, shriek Meaning: to swoop down upon Strong's Concordance fly, rail A primitive root; to swoop down upon (literally or figuratively) -- fly, rail. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5860. iyt [עִיט] verb scream, shriek (Arabic , II. scream, scold, screaming, scolding, Frey Dozyii. 195; Syriac anger, reviling); — only Qal Imperfect3masculine singular בָּהֶם וַיָּ֫עַט 1 Samuel 25:14 and he screamed at them (of Nabal). [עִיט] verb denominative dart greedily (like a bird of prey); — Qal Imperfect3masculine singular וַיַּ֫עַט Qr (Kt:erroneous ויעשׂ) 1 Samuel 14:32 and the people darted greedily upon the spoil (אֶלהַֿשָּׁלָל, so 2 masculine singular וַתַּ֫עַט 15:19 (on forms see Ges§ 72 f f.). |