Hebrew word · H345

אַיָּה

'aiyah

Aiah

Appears 6 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.7;

father of: Rizpah (H7532)

§ Aiah or Ajah = "falcon"

1) a Horite, son of Zibeon

2) father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 36:24 וְאַיָּ֣ה and Aiah

    These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)

2 Samuel · 4

  1. 2 Samuel 3:7 אַיָּ֑ה Aiah

    Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

  2. 2 Samuel 21:8 אַיָּה֙ Aiah

    But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

  3. 2 Samuel 21:10 אַיָּ֨ה Aiah

    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

  4. 2 Samuel 21:11 אַיָּ֖ה Aiah

    When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:40 אַיָּ֥ה Aiah

    The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

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