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BETH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("beth" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("beth" is a member of...):
Hebraic alphabet; Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew script (a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino))
Context examples:
Beth cherished them all the more tenderly for that very reason, and set up a hospital for infirm dolls.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth's bundle was such a funny one that everybody wanted to laugh, but nobody did, for it would have hurt her feelings very much.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth, go and ask Mr. Laurence for a couple of bottles of old wine.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth ate no more, but crept away to sit in her shadowy corner and brood over the delight to come, till the others were ready.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth clapped her hands, regardless of the biscuit she held, and Jo tossed up her napkin, crying, "A letter! A letter! Three cheers for Father!"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth got on pretty well, for she was constantly forgetting that it was to be all play and no work, and fell back into her old ways now and then.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth played her gayest march, Amy threw open the door, and Meg enacted escort with great dignity.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth nestled up to her, and whispered softly, "I wish I could send my bunch to Father. I'm afraid he isn't having such a merry Christmas as we are."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth was sorting the cones that lay thick under the hemlock near by, for she made pretty things with them.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Beth had a headache and lay on the sofa, trying to comfort herself with the cat and three kittens.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
