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beth

Pronunciation: /bɛθ/

The English word “beth” has 4 meanings listed here.

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.

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