See also: בי״ת

Aramaic

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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בֵּית (bēṯ)

  1. construct form of בַּיְתָא (bayṯā)

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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בֵּית (bēṯ)

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

Hebrew

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Root
ב־י־ת (b-y-t)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. house
  2. school
  3. (poetry) stanza (a unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse)
  4. verse (part of a song)
  5. (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.
  6. household; family
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Yiddish: בית (beys)
    • Alemannic German: Beiz
    • German: Beiz
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Proper noun

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בֵּית (béyt, beṯf

  1. Alternative form of בי״ת
Derived terms
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Proper noun

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הַבַּיִת (habáyitm

  1. Clipping of בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

Verb

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בִּיֵּת (biyét) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ביית

Verb

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בֻּיַּת (buyát) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of בוית

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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בַּיִת (báyitm (plural indefinite בָּתִּים)

  1. (computing, most commonly) byte

Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew בֵּית, singular construct form of Hebrew בַּֽיִת.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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בית (beysm or f

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

Descendants

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  • Alemannic German: Beiz
  • German: Beiz