heth
or cheth
[ het, hes; Sephardic Hebrew khet; Ashkenazic Hebrew khes ]
/ hɛt, hɛs; Sephardic Hebrew xɛt; Ashkenazic Hebrew xɛs /
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noun
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
the sound represented by this letter.
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Nearby words
- heteroxenous parasite,
- heterozygosis,
- heterozygosity,
- heterozygote,
- heterozygous,
- hetian,
- hetman,
- hetmanate,
- hetp,
- hettie
Origin of heth
First recorded in 1895–1900, heth is from the Hebrew word ḥeth literally, enclosure
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heth
cheth
/ (hɛt, Hebrew xɛt) /
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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