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
- The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁
- The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
- The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
- The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ
Beth²
- /bɛθ/
Rhymes with -ɛθ
proper noun
- 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.