Aramaic

Noun

בֵּית • ‎(bēṯ)

1. construct form of בַּיְתָא ‎(bayṯā)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

בֵּית • ‎(bēṯ)

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

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.(j)it/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.jiθ/, [ˈbaː.jiθ]
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.jɪs/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.jiθ/

Noun

בַּיִת • ‎(báyit) m ‎(plural indefinite בָּתִּים, singular construct בֵּית־, plural construct בָּתֵּי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form בָּיִת) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. house
2. stanza (part of a poem or song)

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “H1004”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Proper noun

בֵּית • ‎(béyt) f

1. Alternative form of בי״ת

Proper noun

הַבַּיִת • ‎(habáyit) m

1. Short for בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English byte, by similarity to בַּיִת ‎(báyit, “house”).

Noun

בַּיִת • ‎(báyit) m ‎(plural indefinite בָּתִּים)

1. byte

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בֵּית.

Noun

בית • ‎(beys) m, f

1. beth (second letter of the Hebrew script)