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Aramaic
editPronunciation
editLetter
editב • (beth)
Coordinate terms
editHebrew
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editLetter
editב • (b, v)
- Bet, beth, vet: the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, after א and before ג.
- The numeral 2 in Hebrew numbering.
Usage notes
edit- The letter ב represents what are now the phonemes /b/ and /v/. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, these phonemes are pronounced [b] and [v], respectively (like the ⟨b⟩ and ⟨v⟩ in English bet and vet). At some point in the past, these phonemes are commonly believed to have been a single phoneme /b/, with allophones [b] and perhaps [v] or [β] (where [β] is the voiced bilabial fricative, intermediate between the voiced bilabial plosive [b] and the voiced labiodental fricative [v]). The [b] allophone was found word-initially, after consonants, and when geminated. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, however, the phoneme /b/ can also occur in other contexts, especially in loanwords.
- In writing with nikud (vowel markings and related diacritics), the letter ב takes a dagesh (בּ) when representing /b/.
- For information about ב as a preposition meaning roughly "in" or "with", see ב־ (b'-).
Coordinate terms
edit- Hebrew script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): א, ב, ג, ד, ה, ו, ז, ח, ט, י, כ~ך, ל, מ~ם, נ~ן, ס, ע, פ~ף, צ~ץ, ק, ר, ש, ת [edit]
Etymology 2
editClipping of לְשׁוֹן יְמֵי הַבֵּינַיִם (“language of the Middle Ages”).
Noun
editב • (b.)
- (lexicography) Initialism of בֵּינַיִם, used to indicate that a term originates from the third layer of the Hebrew language: Medieval Hebrew
Yiddish
editLetter
editב • (beys)
- the second letter of the Yiddish alefbeys
Related terms
edit- בֿ (veys)
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