Beth (letter)

Beth or Bet is the second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, the Hebrew alphabet, and the Aramaic alphabet. It has the sound of English B (or in some circumstance V.) The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Beta, Latin B, the Cyrillic equivalent, the Paleo-Hebrew equivalent, and the Aramaic equivalent, which gave rise to the Hebrew equivalent.

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Letter - Phoenician alphabet - Hebrew alphabet - Aramaic alphabet - English - B - V - Greek - Beta - Latin

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This letter is named beth, following the Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation, in academic circles, and bet, following the modern Israeli Hebrew pronunciation, bet ({{IPA|/b??t/}}), in Israel and by most Jews familiar with Hebrew, although many Ashkenazi speakers pronounce it beis ({{IPA|/be?s/}}), and some Jews pronounce it beth ({{IPA|/be?/}}).

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Tiberian Hebrew - Israel - Jew - Ashkenazi

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