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