ʼayâh — H344

Definition

feminine noun

the screamer, i.e. a hawk

1. hawk, falcon, kite

Usually translated as

kite, vulture

Origin

perhaps from H337

• Derived from ʼîy (H337)

Occurrences

ʼayâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Job (1)

• Leviticus 11:14 — And the vulture, and the kite (הָאַיָּ֖ה) after his kind;
• Deuteronomy 14:13 — And the glede, and the kite (הָ֣אַיָּ֔ה), and the vulture after his kind,
• Job 28:7 — There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s (אַיָּֽה) eye hath not seen: