beth

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  1. noun The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

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  • She mentions several times that she's met Elizabeth Mark nodded But if Leo knows it to be untrue, then he also knows that I merely have to produce Nancy to discredit what he and Eliza­beth are saying. —  Fox Evil
  • Efallai byswn wedi hoffi Nintendo Wii neu iPod - beth bynnag yw'r rheiny. —  BBC Blog Network
  • Ta beth, fe ddaeth y stoc arferol o lyfrau ac erbyn hyn dw i wedi cael cyfle i bori trwy'r rhan fwyaf ohonyn nhw. —  BBC Blog Network
  • Ta beth, meddyliais taw pleidlais rhyw fwrdd oedd hon, ond ces i fy nghywiro diolch i Rhys Llwyd. —  Blogiadur.com
  • Kimberly: Yea i want Bella to be a vampire too but i think her talent might be extreme whining ... she does that enough already = / twilight obsessed Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12: 22 AM EST beth - holy crow!!! —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
 

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  1. Hebrew bêt, of Phoenician origin; see byt in Semitic roots.

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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Saxon beóth, 2d person plural of beón, be: see be.
  2. Hebrew bēth (bēt), construct form of bayith (bayit), a house.
 

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/bɛθ; Hɛb. beɪt/
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