בת
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ב־ן (b-n) |
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *bint-, the /i/ changing to /a/ through Philippi's Law and /n/ assimilating to the following /t/.
Cognate with Arabic بنت (bint).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /bat/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [baθ]
Noun
בַּת • (bat) f (plural indefinite בָּנוֹת, singular construct בַּת־, plural construct בְּנוֹת־, masculine counterpart בֵּן)
- daughter
- Exodus 2:7, with translation of the King James Version:
- וַתֹּאמֶר אֲחֹתוֹ אֶל בַּת פַּרְעֹה
- vatómer achotó el bat par'ó
- Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter
- Exodus 2:7, with translation of the King James Version:
- (by analogy with בן) a direct female descendant
- בת חוה ― bat khavá ― daughter of Eve
- a girl, a gal
- (construct only) Used in expressing the age of a woman, a girl, or the referent of a feminine noun: age, aged.
- היא בת שש. ― hi bat shesh. ― She is six years old. [literally, a daughter of six]
- HaTikva
- עוד לא אבדה תקותינו \\ התקוה בת שנות אלפים
- ‘Od lo avdah tikvatenu / hatikvah bat shenot ʿalpayim
- Our hope is not yet lost / The hope of two thousand years old
Usage notes
- Like other words that start with ב, ג, ד, כ, פ, or ת, this term's initial letter takes a dagesh lene. In older texts, that dagesh is usually dropped when the word is preceded, in the same phrase, by a word ending in a mater lectionis; in modern texts, the dagesh is usually preserved even in such a case. Likewise, in older texts, the dagesh is always dropped when the word is prefixed by an indefinite ב־, כ־, or ל־, or by ו־; in modern speech, the dagesh is often preserved in such a case. (After the definite ב־, כ־, and ל־, and after the prefixes ה־, מ־, and ש־, there is a dagesh forte, as described in the usage notes for those prefixes.)
Declension
Declension of בַּת
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | בַּת | first | בִּתִּי | בִּתֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הַבַּת | second | בִּתְּךָ | בִּתֵּךְ | בִּתְּכֶם | בִּתְּכֶן | |
| construct | בַּת־ | third | בִּתּוֹ | בִּתָּהּ | בִּתָּם | בִּתָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | בָּנוֹת | first | בנותיי / בְּנוֹתַי | בְּנוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַבָּנוֹת | second | בְּנוֹתֶיךָ | בנותייך / בְּנוֹתַיִךְ | בְּנוֹתֵיכֶם | בְּנוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | בְּנוֹת־ | third | בְּנוֹתָיו | בְּנוֹתֶיהָ | בְּנוֹתָם | בְּנוֹתָן | |
Derived terms
- בַּת־דּוֹד (bat-dód)
- בַּת יָם (bat yam)
- בַּת־קוֹל (bat kol)
- בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva)
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to Arabic بَاطِيَة (bāṭiya, “wine-vessel”) etc. what is mentioned there.
Noun
בַּת • (bat) m or f (plural indefinite בָּתִּים)
- (Biblical Hebrew) a liquid measure of about 40 litres
Descendants
- → English: bath
- → Ancient Greek: βάτος (bátos), βάδος (bádos)
References
- Lagarde, Paul de (1880) Orientalia (in German), volume 2, Göttingen: Dieterichsche Verlags-Buchhandlung, pages 10–12
- H1323 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- H1324 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible