noun
the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
• Hypernyms: ↑letter, ↑letter of the alphabet, ↑alphabetic character
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hebrew alphabet, ↑Hebraic alphabet, ↑Hebrew script
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noun also cheth or hheth or kheth or het \\ˈḵāt, -āth, -ās, -et, -eth, -es\ (-s)Etymology: Hebrew hēth
2. : the letter of the Phoenician alphabet or of various other Semitic alphabets that corresponds to Hebrew heth
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/het, hes/; Seph. Heb. /khet/; Ashk. Heb /khes/, n.
1. the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. the sound represented by this letter.
Also, cheth.
[1895-1900; < Heb heth lit., enclosure]
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heth «kheht, khehth, khehs», noun.
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Also, cheth.
╂[< Hebrew heth]
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heth(e, heþUseful english dictionary. 2012.