Beth

//bɛθ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth or Bethany.

    "Ogles, an entrepreneur, will defeat state House Speaker Beth Harwell and retired Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead."

Noun
  1. 1
    The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁
  2. 2
    the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet wordnet
  3. 3
    The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
  4. 4
    The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
  5. 5
    The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ

Etymology

From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.

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