בת

Hebrew

Root
ב־ן (b-n)

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).

בַּת • (bat) f (plural indefinite בָּנוֹת, singular construct בַּת־, plural construct בְּנוֹת־, masculine counterpart בֵּן)

daughter
- Tanach, 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
(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

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 of בַּת

Perhaps related to Arabic بَاطِيَة (bāṭiya, “wine-vessel”) etc. what is mentioned there.

בַּת • (bat) m or f (plural indefinite בָּתִּים)

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