אַיָּה
ay.yah
Aiah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Aiah (H0345H): A Hebrew Proper Name Based on the lexical data provided, Aiah is a Hebrew proper noun that appears four times in the biblical text. As a name rather than a common word with semantic range, it functions primarily as a personal identifier within narrative contexts rather than conveying meaning through linguistic definition. The minimal occurrence frequency (only four attestations) suggests that Aiah was either a relatively minor figure in biblical history or represented a localized tradition preserved in specific textual passages. Without additional context data regarding the specific biblical passages where this name appears, the definition of Aiah as a name tells us only that it functioned as a designation for particular individuals within the biblical record. For readers encountering this name in biblical texts, understanding it as a proper noun means its significance lies in its narrative context—identifying who is speaking, acting, or being referenced—rather than in any inherent semantic meaning the name itself carries. The Hebrew lexicon identifies it as a distinct entity in the biblical corpus, but interpretation of its cultural, genealogical, or theological importance requires consultation of the passages in which it appears.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
2 Samuel 21:10Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them from the sky. She allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
2 Samuel 3:7Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”
2 Samuel 21:11David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.