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teth

American  
[tet, tes] / tɛt, tɛs /

noun

  1. the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

teth British  
/ tɛt, tɛs /

noun

  1. the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ט) transliterated as t and pronounced more or less like English t with pharyngeal articulation

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Etymology

Origin of teth

From Hebrew

Example Sentences

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Tether, teth′ėr, n. a rope or chain for tying a beast, while feeding, within certain limits.—v.t. to confine with a tether: to restrain within certain limits.

From Project Gutenberg

There is redundancy in the two forms for k, namely kaph and koph; in the two for t, namely teth and tau; and in the two for s, namely samech and shin.

From Project Gutenberg

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