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'''Heth''' or '''Het''' is the eighth letter of many [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] alphabets, including [[Phoenician alphabet|Phoenician]], [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]], and [[Aramaic alphabet|Aramaic]]. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] [[Eta]] (Η), [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] [[H]] and [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] [[I (Cyrillic)|И]]. Heth, like all Phoenician letters, represented a [[consonant]], and H is still a consonant in the Latin alphabet, whereas the Greek and Cyrillic equivalents have come to represent [[vowel]] sounds. |
'''Heth''' or '''Het''' is the eighth letter of many [[Semitic languages|Semitic]] alphabets, including [[Phoenician alphabet|Phoenician]], [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]], and [[Aramaic alphabet|Aramaic]]. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] [[Eta]] (Η), [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] [[H]] and [[Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]] [[I (Cyrillic)|И]]. Heth, like all Phoenician letters, represented a [[consonant]], and H is still a consonant in the Latin alphabet, whereas the Greek and Cyrillic equivalents have come to represent [[vowel]] sounds. |
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Heth or Het is the eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, and Aramaic. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Eta (Η), Latin H and Cyrillic И. Heth, like all Phoenician letters, represented a consonant, and H is still a consonant in the Latin alphabet, whereas the Greek and Cyrillic equivalents have come to represent vowel sounds.
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