# H5861 עַיִט

עַיִט (ʻayiṭ), Strong’s H5861: a hawk or other bird of prey KJV: bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).. Occurs 8 times.

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*ʻayiṭ* — a hawk or other bird of prey

KJV: bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).

Derived from [עִיט ʻîyṭ](https://besorah.bible/word/H5860) (to swoop down upon)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עַ֫יִט n.m. bird(s) of prey (from scream)

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 15:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=11) — The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- [Isaiah 18:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/18?v=6) — They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous…
- [Isaiah 46:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/46?v=11) — I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring…
- [Jeremiah 12:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/12?v=9) — Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the…
- [Ezekiel 39:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/39?v=4) — You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you. I will give you…
- [Job 28:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/28?v=7) — That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.