Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Be ye.
- n. The second letter () of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to the English B. Its numerical value is II.
Wiktionary
- n. ב (second letter of the Aramaic and Hebrew alphabet)
- n. 𐤁 (second letter of the Phoenician abjad)
- n. ܒ (second letter of the Syriac abjad)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Etymologies
- From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). (Wiktionary)
- Hebrew bêt, of Phoenician origin; see byt in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“After this, that same day a year, when he was thirty-one year old and thirteen days, he turned water into wine, and therefore it is called Bethania, said of beth, that is to say an house, and phanes, that is apparition.”
“These sacred stones were termed beth-els, _bætyli_ as the Greeks wrote the word, and they form a distinguishing characteristic of Semitic faith.”
“I will certainly be checking out that website!! beth aka confusedhomemaker said:”
“Thanks for the reminder … you are one fantastic gal. beth aka confusedhomemaker said:”
“In my book, ALL of the men and women in the military are winners including their families at home. beth aka confusedhomemaker said:”
“Photos just can't capture the beauty, though your adjustments made quite a remarkable improvement. beth aka confusedhomemaker said:”
“I want to put that tomato soup in my belly, NOW! beth aka confusedhomemaker said:”
“I'm just telling ya I love mismatched flatware with my mismatched blue and white dinnerware … … … the table always looks fantabulous. .not just for company but for us everyday. beth aka confusedhomemaker said:”
“Happy thanksgiving to all. beth aka confusedhomemaker said:”
“She is beautiful!! beth aka confusedhomemaker said:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘beth’.
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songbirds
Names of girls in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the titles.
Just the name on the list, then the full title with any identifying notes in the comments, please.
Can be the same ...marianne, evie, lady d'arbanville, peggy sue, suzanne, dianne, boni maroni, miss molly, lola, mony, sadie, rita and 206 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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It's short for "Elizabeth"
beth, bess, bessy, betty, bette, liz, liza, eliza, ellie, nell, nelly, betsy and 29 more...
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Patty4jc's Words
family names
amy, brooke, brittany, billy, brandon, william, harvey, patricia, ann, regina, lee, corey and 94 more...
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Phonecian Alphabet
taw, shin, resh, qoph, tsade, pe, ayin, samekh, nun, mem, lamedh, kaph and 10 more...
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Loves
The girls & women
kate, lynn, kathrinia, cathy, beth, pam, sarah, diane, dawn, donna, hannah, sandra and 3 more...
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Thths
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oath, both, auth, goth, ruth, moth, sith, heth, bath, cuth, loth, path and 70 more...
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Leaf's list
Tweets
Looking for tweets for beth.
treeseed Beth, 1976, Kiss Feb 8, 2008