בית

בֵּית • (bēṯ)

1. construct form of בַּיְתָא (bayṯā)

בֵּית • (bēṯ)

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

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

• בַּיִת:
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbajt/

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  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.jiθ/, [ˈbaː.jiθ]
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.jɪs/
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈba.jiθ/
  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbajt/
• בֵּית:
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bet/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beθ/
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /bejs/
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beθ/
  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beːt/

בַּיִת • (báyit, báyiṯ) m (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

• → Yiddish: בית (beys)
  • → Alemannic German: Beiz
  • → German: Beiz

• H1004 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

בֵּית • (béyt, beṯ) f

1. Alternative form of בי״ת

• אָלֶפְבֵּית (alefbet, ʾɔlɛp̄beṯ)

הַבַּיִת • (habáyit, hab-báyiṯ) m

1. Clipping of בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

בִּיֵּת • (biyet) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of ביית

בֻּיַּת • (buyát) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of בוית

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

בַּיִת • (báyit) m (plural indefinite בָּתִּים)

1. byte

From Hebrew בֵּית.

• (YIVO, Litvish) IPA^(key): /bɛɪ̯s/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /baɪ̯s/

בית • (beys) m or f

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

• → Alemannic German: Beiz
• → German: Beiz