beth (b t)n. The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet. [Hebrew bêt, of Phoenician origin; see byt in Semitic roots.] |
beth [bɛt]
n
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ב) transliterated as b
[from Hebrew bēth-, bayith house]
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| Noun | 1. | beth - the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script - a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino) alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" |
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