heth

American  

[het, hes, khet, khes] / hɛt, hɛs, xɛt, xɛs /

Or cheth

noun

1. the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. the sound represented by this letter.

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heth British  

/ hɛt, xɛt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of heth

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

Example Sentences

Heather, heth′ėr, n. the Scotch name for the native species of the Linn�an genus Erica, called in the north of England Ling, esp.

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Eversley was a democratic parish of "heth croppers," and there were few gentry within its borders.

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Oh, heth, I'm not so sure of that.

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I steals the heth, and I steals the binds, and I steals the handles: and yet I can't afoord to sell 'em under twopence.'

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It heth ane handsome church, with many ancient monuments and inscriptions on the old, interments of the Earles of this place.

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