Beth

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beth¹

  • /bɛθ/
  • /bɛt/

Rhymes with -ɛθ, -ɛt

Where it comes from

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

noun beths · bet · beyt · beis

  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

Beth²

  • /bɛθ/

Rhymes with -ɛθ

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth and Bethany. Ogles, an entrepreneur, will defeat state House Speaker Beth Harwell and retired Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead.

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