cheth

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

noun

1. heth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cheth¹

From the Hebrew word ḥeth

Example Sentences

The Indians, in attempting to utter the word English, with their broad guttural accent, gave it a sound which would be nearly represented in this way, Yaunghees; the letter g being pronounced hard, and approaching to the sound of k joined with a strong aspirate, like the Hebrew cheth, or the Greek chi, and the l suppressed, as almost impossible to be distinctly heard in that combination.

From Project Gutenberg

Otherwise, the letter Cheth, Ch, is placed between the other two letters, according to this passage, Num. xxiv.

From Project Gutenberg

The letter Cheth Milton read as ch, but Kaf he read as c, sounded hard probably, as so many English readers of Hebrew do at the present day.

From Project Gutenberg