ב־י־ת

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• ב־ו־ת (b-w-ṯ)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-. Compare Arabic ب ي ت (b-y-t).

Root

ב־י־ת • (b-y-ṯ)

1. Related to houses.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־י־ת‎ (0 c, 9 e)

Further reading

• “ב־ו־ת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “ב־י־ת”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• A. Murtonen (1989) “BYT”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 111–112
• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 72