˜yÐÄvlog

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heth

or cheth

[ het, hes; Sephardic Hebrew khet; Ashkenazic Hebrew khes ]

noun

  1. the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. the sound represented by this letter.


heth

/ hɛt; xɛt /

noun

  1. the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (×—), transliterated as h and pronounced as a pharyngeal fricative
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of heth1

First recorded in 1895–1900, heth is from the Hebrew word ḥe³Ù³ó literally, enclosure
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of heth1

from Hebrew
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Example Sentences

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Heather, heth′ėr, n. the Scotch name for the native species of the Linn�an genus Erica, called in the north of England Ling, esp.

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Eversley was a democratic parish of "heth croppers," and there were few gentry within its borders.

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Oh, heth, I'm not so sure of that.

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I steals the heth, and I steals the binds, and I steals the handles: and yet I can't afoord to sell 'em under twopence.'

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It heth ane handsome church, with many ancient monuments and inscriptions on the old, interments of the Earles of this place.

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