H6261 — עִתִּי (itti)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H6261
Original: עִתִּי
Transliteration: itti / `ittiy / ʻittîy
Pronunciation: it-tee
Part of Speech: Adjective
Root: Related to time/readiness language; compare H6256 עֵת (eth, time) and H6257 עָתַד (athad, prepare / make fit)
Occurrences: 1 token in 1 verse
First Occurrence: Lev 16:21 — "by the hand of a fit man"
Hapax Legomenon: Yes — appears only once in the Bible

Lexicon Definition¶

From a time/readiness root; timely. KJV: "fit."

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
fit	1	100%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Leviticus	1	0.1

Semantic Categories¶

1. Timely / Ready / Suitable¶

Lev 16:21 — Aaron sends the goat away "by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness."

Because H6261 is a hapax adjective, its reusable value is lexical-control: it marks suitability/readiness for an assigned action, not a named office or title by itself.

Common Collocations¶

With only one verse, statistical collocations are not meaningful. Key co-occurring terms in Lev 16:21:

Word	Strong's	Co-vv	Typical Pattern
ish (man)	H376	1	"fit man" (`ish itti)
shalach (send)	H7971	1	man performs sending-away action
midbar (wilderness)	H4057	1	destination into wilderness
rosh (head)	H7218	1	hands laid on goat's head in same verse
avon / pesha / chattath	H5771 / H6588 / H2403	1	iniquities, transgressions, sins confessed over goat

Word Family / Cognates¶

H6256 עֵת (`eth) — time, season; lexical family of timing.
H6257 עָתַד (`athad) — prepare, make fit, be ready to become; returned by semantic relationship field.
**H6264 עָתִיד (athiyd)** — ready / prepared; semantic neighbor fromsearch_relationships.py`.

Synonyms / Near Neighbors¶

H3559 כּוּן (kun) — be firm/prepared/established; returned in the Ready semantic domain.
H6213 עָשָׂה (`asah) — do/make; returned in the Ready domain, likely as functional preparation/action.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Field	Key Difference
`eth	H6256	time/season	noun "time"; H6261 is adjectival "timely/fit"
`athad	H6257	ready/prepare	verb "prepare/make fit"; H6261 describes the suitable/ready person
`athiyd	H6264	ready/prepared	adjective/participle neighbor; H6261 is the Leviticus hapax form
ish	H376	phrase partner	"man/person"; H6261 modifies it in `ish itti

Semantic Domains¶

search_relationships.py returns: - [002001002021] Ready — readiness/suitability domain with H3559, H6213, H6257, A6263, H6264, and H6437.

LXX Mapping¶

No LXX alignments were returned for H6261 by search_strongs.py --lxx-map.