heth

See also: Heth and heth.

English

Alternative forms

chet, cheth
ḥet
ẖet
het
khet, kheth

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛθ

Noun

heth (plural heths)

The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Translations

Semitic letter

Catalan: het (ca) f
German: Chet n, Cheth n

Hebrew: חי״ת \ חֵית‎‎ f (khet)
Yiddish: חית‎‎ m, f (khes)

Further reading

heth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew חֵי״ת‎‎ (ḥēṯ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛt/, [ɛt̪]
Stress: hèth
Hyphenation: heth

Noun

heth m (invariable)

heth, specifically:
1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤇
2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ח

Middle English

Noun

heth

Alternative form of heeth

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