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beth
[ beys, beyt; Sephardic Hebrew bet ]
/ beÉȘs, beÉȘt; Sephardic Hebrew bÉt /
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noun
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
either of the consonant sounds represented by this letter.
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Also bet [beyt; bet], /beÉȘt; bÉt/, bes [beys] /beÉȘs/ .
Origin of beth
First recorded in 1905â10; from Hebrew bÄth literally, âhouseâ; see beta
Words nearby beth
betel, Betelgeuse, betel nut, betel palm, bĂȘte noire, beth, bethanechol, Bethany, be that as it may, Beth Din, Bethe
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British Dictionary definitions for beth
beth
/ (bÉt) /
noun
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (Ś) transliterated as b
Word Origin for beth
from Hebrew bÄth-, bayith house
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