בית
Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)
/ˈba.(j)it/, /ˈba.jiθ/, /ˈba.jɪs/, /ˈba.jiθ/, /bet/, /beθ/, /bejs/, /beθ/
noun
Definitions
- house
- stanza part of a poem or song
- (with definite article) Temple
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (house, site, location, nest).
Origin
Proto-Semitic
*bayt-
Gloss
house, site, location, nest
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
家
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beth English
- beth hamidrash English
- bét Hungarian
- bajes Dutch, Flemish
- βῆτα Ancient Greek
- بيت Arabic
- بَيْت Arabic
- אַלף־בית Yiddish
- בית Yiddish
- ־ָה Hebrew (modern)
- בֵּית Hebrew (modern)
- בית הכרם Hebrew (modern)
- בית שמש Hebrew (modern)
- הביתה Hebrew (modern)
- כרם Hebrew (modern)
- שמש Hebrew (modern)
- *bayt- Proto-Semitic
- ביתא Aramaic
- ܒܝܬܐ Classical Syriac
- 𒂍 Akkadian
- 𐤁𐤉𐤕 Phoenician
- 𐤁𐤕 Phoenician
- ቤት Amharic
- 𐎁𐎚 Ugaritic
- ቤት Ge'ez
- ቤት Tigrinya
- 𐩨𐩺𐩩 Old South Arabian
- ࡁࡉࡕ Mandaic