# H5860 עִיט

עִיט (ʻîyṭ), Strong’s H5860: to swoop down upon (literally or figuratively) KJV: fly, rail.. Occurs 2 times.

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*ʻîyṭ* — to swoop down upon (literally or figuratively)

KJV: fly, rail.

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [עִיט] vb. scream, shriek;—only Qal 1 S 25:14
- עִיט vb. denom
- [עִיט] vb. denom. dart greedily (like a bird of prey)

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 15:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/15?v=19) — Why then didn’t you obey the LORD’s voice, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight?”
- [1 Samuel 25:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=14) — But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to…