אַיֵּה Ayah
Every verse in which this word stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
The ayah of both kosher lists — and of Iyov 28, where the path no falcon's eye has seen measures the hiddenness of wisdom. Traditionally a hawk or kite; the identification is discussed.
וְאֶת־הַדָּאָה וְאֶת־הָאַיָּה לְמִינָֽהּ
and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds;
וְהָרָאָה וְאֶת־הָאַיָּה וְהַדַּיָּה לְמִינָֽהּ
and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kinds;
נָתִיב לֹֽא־יְדָעוֹ עָיִט וְלֹא שְׁזָפַתּוּ עֵין אַיָּֽה
That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it;
Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for ayah?
Ayah in Hebrew is איה, with a gematria of 16 in the standard method.
How many times is the ayah mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 3 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 11:14.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters איה stand 43 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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