Hebrew word · H5860

עִיט

vaiya'at

to pounce

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

1) to dart greedily, swoop upon, rush upon

1a) (Qal) to dart greedily

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

Similar words

Where it appears

1 Samuel · 3

  1. 1 Samuel 14:32 וַיַּ֤עַט and it rushed

    So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

  2. 1 Samuel 15:19 וַתַּ֙עַט֙ and did you rush?

    So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

  3. 1 Samuel 25:14 וַיָּ֥עַט and he shouted

    Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.

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