בית

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See also: בי״ת

Aramaic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

בֵּית (bēṯ)

  1. construct form of בַּיְתָא (bayṯā)

Etymology 2[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

בֵּית (bēṯ)

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

Hebrew[edit]

Root
ב־י־ת (b-y-t)

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

בַּיִת (báyit, báyiṯm (plural indefinite בָּֽתִּים, singular construct בֵּית־, plural construct בָּֽתֵּי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form בָּיִת) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Yiddish: בית (beys)
    • Alemannic German: Beiz
    • German: Beiz
References[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

בֵּית (béyt, beṯf

  1. Alternative form of בי״ת
Derived terms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

הַבַּיִת (habáyit, hab-báyiṯm

  1. Clipping of בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. defective spelling of ביית

Verb[edit]

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

  1. defective spelling of בוית

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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בַּיִת (báyitm (plural indefinite בָּתִּים)

  1. byte

Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew בֵּית.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

בית (beysm or f

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

Descendants[edit]

  • Alemannic German: Beiz
  • German: Beiz