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cheth

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

heth.

Nearby words

  1. chestnut coal,
  2. chestnut oak,
  3. chesty,
  4. chet,
  5. chetah,
  6. chetnik,
  7. chetrum,
  8. chetumal,
  9. cheval de bataille,
  10. cheval de frise

Origin of cheth

From the Hebrew word ḥeth

heth

or cheth

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

noun

the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
the sound represented by this letter.

Origin of heth

First recorded in 1895–1900, heth is from the Hebrew word ḥeth literally, enclosure
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British Dictionary definitions for cheth

heth

cheth

noun

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

Word Origin for heth

from Hebrew
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