"heth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heths [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛθ Head templates: {{en-noun}} heth (plural heths)
  1. The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Categories (topical): Hebrew letter names, Phoenician letter names Synonyms: chet, cheth, ḥet, ẖet, hheth, het, khet, kheth Translations (Semitic letter): het [feminine] (Catalan), het (Finnish), hèt [masculine] (French), cheth [masculine] (French), het [masculine] (French), heth [masculine] (French), Chet [neuter] (German), Cheth [neuter] (German), חי״ת \ חֵית (khet) [feminine] (Hebrew), חית (khes) [feminine, masculine] (Yiddish)

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