beth
The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁
Noun
- The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁
- The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
- The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
- The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ
Origin
From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.