- Original: בּתּה - Transliteration: Battah - Phonetic: bat-taw' - Definition: 1. cliff, precipice, steep - Origin: from an unused root (meaning to break in pieces) - TWOT entry: 298b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine from an unused root (meaning to break in pieces); desolation: - desolate. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • desolate, 1 Isaiah 7:19