heth

or cheth

[ het, hes; Sephardic Hebrew khet; Ashkenazic Hebrew khes ]

noun
  1. the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

  2. the sound represented by this letter.

Origin of heth

1
First recorded in 1895–1900, heth is from the Hebrew word ḥeth literally, enclosure

Words Nearby heth

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How to use heth in a sentence

  • She had seen in his great dignity the man who had given to the House of heth the last full measure of his confidence.

    V. V.'s Eyes | Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • Pender's division formed on the right of heth's and both pressed forward in the face of volleying musketry and thundering cannon.

    Reminiscences of a Rebel | Wayland Fuller Dunaway
  • "'Tis very lonesome for 'ee in the heth tonight, mis'ess," said Christian, coming from the seclusion he had hitherto maintained.

    Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy
  • People who shrink from the plain word often soften it to faix or haith (or heth in Ulster).

  • And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the sons of heth.

British Dictionary definitions for heth

heth

cheth

/ (hɛt, Hebrew xɛt) /


noun
  1. the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ח), transliterated as h and pronounced as a pharyngeal fricative

Origin of heth

1
from Hebrew

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