עִיט
ʿîṭ
scream
Strong's H5860VerbHebrewTWOT 1610b

עִיט (ʿîṭ) is a Hebrew verb meaning scream. It appears 3 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5860).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1610b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1610b)dart greedily; swoop; fly, rail
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עִיט verb, denominative: dart greedily

dart greedily (like a bird of prey)

Strong's H5860 עִיט: to swoop down upon (literally or figuratively)
KJV:fly, rail.

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 1610: עִיט ʿîṭ — scream, shriek; swoop; fly, rail

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 14:32

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