beth

nouncommon in dialogue

//bɛθ//
//bɛt//

The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁

noun

1
The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁
2
The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
3
The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
4
The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ

Etymology

From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.

Forms

plural: beths

Beta · A member of Generation Beta.betcha · Can be sure of it.Betcha · A female given name.

beth · The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁

Beth · A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth or Bethany.Bethany · The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and…Bethlehem · A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the…

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