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ב
𐤁
Paleo-Hebrew

Bet

b / v · b as in boy; spirantized v

Numeric value
2
Final form
Information unavailable
Earlier form
𓉐
Pictograph
house / floor plan of a dwelling

Pictographic senses (tradition)

Picture: floor plan of a tent or house

Concrete: house · tent · dwelling

Extended: family · household · what is inside · in

History

Also functions as the inseparable preposition "in, with, by" when prefixed to a word.

Common misconceptions

A prefixed bet is grammar, not imagery; it does not add the idea of "house" to the word.

Words containing this letter

אָבאֵבאֲבַגְתָאאָבַדאֹבֵדאֲבֵדָהאֲבַדֹּהאֲבַדּוֹןאַבְדָןאׇבְדַןאָבָהאָבֶהאֵבֶהאֲבוֹיאֵבוּסאִבְחָהאֲבַטִּיחַאֲבִיאֲבִיאֵלאֲבִיאָסָףאָבִיבאָבִיבאֲבִי גִבְעוֹןאֲבִי גִבְעוֹן