heth

H4E1T1H4

noun

The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

“And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,”

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Meanings

heth1

nounheth (plural heths)

plural heths · alternative chet · alternative cheth · alternative ḥet · alternative ẖet · alternative hheth · alternative het · alternative khet · alternative kheth

  1. The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Heth2

proper nounHeth (plural Heths)

plural Heths

Heth3

proper noun
  1. biblicalA "son" of Canaan. Progenitor of a Canaanite people known as "The sons of Heth", located in near the city of Hebron.

    And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

    1 more example

    And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Origin

Heth · proper noun

  1. Middle Englishheeth
  2. Scottish GaelicÁed
  3. EnglishHeth

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

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Heth · proper noun

  1. Biblical Hebrewחֵת
  2. Ancient GreekΧετταῖον
  3. Ecclesiastical LatinEttheum
  4. EnglishHeth

From Ecclesiastical Latin Ettheum, from Ancient Greek Χετταῖον (Khettaîon), from Biblical Hebrew חֵת (ḥēṯ).

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Translations

Catalan het
  • hetSemitic letter
Finnish het
  • hetSemitic letter
French hèt, cheth
  • hètSemitic letter
  • chethSemitic letter
  • hetSemitic letter
  • hethSemitic letter
German Chet, Cheth
  • ChetSemitic letter
  • ChethSemitic letter
Hebrew חי״ת \ חֵית
  • חי״ת \ חֵית (khet)Semitic letter
Yiddish חית
  • חית (khes)Semitic letter

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

heth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heth

MLA

“heth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heth. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heth.

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