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heth
[ het, hes; Sephardic Hebrew khet; Ashkenazic Hebrew khes ]
noun
- the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- the sound represented by this letter.
heth
/ hɛt; xɛt /
noun
- the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ח), transliterated as h and pronounced as a pharyngeal fricative
Word History and Origins
Origin of heth1
Word History and Origins
Origin of heth1
Example Sentences
She had seen in his great dignity the man who had given to the House of Heth the last full measure of his confidence.
Pender's division formed on the right of Heth's and both pressed forward in the face of volleying musketry and thundering cannon.
"'Tis very lonesome for 'ee in the heth tonight, mis'ess," said Christian, coming from the seclusion he had hitherto maintained.
People who shrink from the plain word often soften it to faix or haith (or heth in Ulster).
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the sons of Heth.
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