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beth.

The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɛθ//bɛt/
  1. The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁

  2. The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁

  3. The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב

  4. The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ

Where this word comes from

From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.