English Explanatory Dictionary

heth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. A "son" of Canaan. Progenitor of a Canaanite people known as "The sons of Heth", located in near the city of Hebron.

Word forms

heth heths chet cheth ḥet ẖet hheth het khet kheth

Etymology

Likely of multiple origins, including: *From an anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Áed. *From Middle English heeth.

Derived words

בְּנֵי חֵת
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