beth
[ beys, beyt; Sephardic Hebrew bet ]
/ beɪs, beɪt; Sephardic Hebrew bɛt /
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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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The Letter B Once Had A Much Longer NameThe letter B was part of the Phoenician alphabet more than 3000 years ago in 1000 BCE. At that time, the letter was called beth and looked a little different, but it made the sound of b and was second in the alphabet. The shape of the letter resembled the floor plan of a house, and the word beth meant “house.” This is pictured below. In Hebrew, the letter was called beth, bet, or bayt which also …
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beth
/ (bɛt) /
noun
the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ב) transliterated as b
Word Origin for beth
from Hebrew bēth-, bayith house
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