heth

American  

[het, hes, khet, khes] / hɛt, hɛs, xɛt, xɛs /

Or cheth

noun

1. the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. the sound represented by this letter.

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heth British  

/ hɛt, xɛt /

noun

1. the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ח), transliterated as h and pronounced as a pharyngeal fricative

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Etymology

Origin of heth

First recorded in 1895–1900, heth is from the Hebrew word ḥeth literally, enclosure

Example Sentences

An', as for his address; heth man, he often gies me a kiss in the mornings as he gangs oot, and promises me anither whan he comes back again.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

Gonwais proceeded towards him, with his wise thanes, and set to Arthur in hand all Orkney's land, and two-and-thirty islands, that thither in heth, and his homage, with much reverence.

From Brut by Mason, Eugene

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

From Home Life of Great Authors by Griswold, Hattie Tyng

Not withstandinge, the same was one night within this two yeares conuayed more then half a myle from my house, into a commen or heth, And ther bestowed in a great firbushe.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John

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.'

From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Kingsley, Charles