Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The eighth letter () of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in sound to the Scotch ch in loch. Its numerical value is 8.
Wiktionary
- n. The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
WordNet 3.0
- n. the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Etymologies
- Hebrew ḥêt, of Phoenician origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Schliefer's analysis is speculative but intriguing, for he notes on page 2 that the letter "heth" (ח) of the word "grace" (חן = chen) introduces an "h," and he suggests that a quote from Hackluyt supplied by Melville shortly prior to the erroneous "grace" offers a clue that the 'error' is intentional:”
“Ableitung aus einem *malit, vgl. heth. melit, luw. mallit-, wobei das Suffix noch unklar ist: Dat-Lok.”
“It heth ane handsome church, with many ancient monuments and inscriptions on the old, interments of the Earles of this place.”
“He heth there, near to the church, a very considerable great house, called the Castle of Douglas; and near the church is a fyne village called the town of Douglass, long since erected in a burgh of baronie.”
“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience heth shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer [without effective and peaceful means of real change] while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”
“Hack an axe, hook an oxe, hath an an, heth hith ences.”
“In order to help with your baHth (bah-heth; search), you should be familiar with the verbs baHatha (bah-hah-thah; searched) and yabHathu (yab-hah-thoo; searching).”
Arabic for Dummies
“Et si quando nationis alterius quis ad legem conuertitur Sarracenorum, dum a flamine eorum recipiendus est, dicit et facit eum Dei nuncium, et repetit sic: Lællech ella alla Mahomet zoyzel alla heth: quod valet tantum: Non est Deus nisi vnus, et Mahomet fuit eius nuncius.”
“To Muslims the Sahhada hh=the letter heth is similar to what the Shema is to us.”
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“Et si quando nationis alterius quis ad legem conuertitur Sarracenorum, dum a flamine eorum recipiendus est, dicit et facit eum Dei nuncium, et repetit sic: L鎙lech ella alla Mahomet zoyzel alla heth: quod valet tantum: Non est Deus nisi vnus, et Mahomet fuit eius nuncius.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘heth’.
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
wrath, leaf, belly, prey, death, break, six, nod, dim, end, inn, judge and 1286 more...
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Letters
See also The Phonetic alphabet by oroboros.
aye, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, eff, gee, aitch, eye, jay, kay and 452 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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Thths
þ
oath, both, auth, goth, ruth, moth, sith, heth, bath, cuth, loth, path and 70 more...
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