דַּיָּה
dayyâ
falcon
Strong's H1772NounHebrewTWOT 394b

דַּיָּה (dayyâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning falcon. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1772).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 394b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 394b)falcon; vulture
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

דַּיָּה noun, feminine

the same [דָּאָה]—frequenting ruins

Strong's H1772 דַּיָּה: a falcon (from its rapid flight)
KJV:vulture.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 394: דָּאָה dāʾâ — fly swiftly, dart through; dart, fly rapidly; fly

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 14:13Isaiah 34:15

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