ח
ORIGINALRH-017
Hebrew Letters · The Hebrew Letters
Het
RH-017HebrewSquare Hebrew script and Masoretic reading notation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
ח
Transliterationḥet
Plain meaningHet
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Het
Het is a guttural or throat consonant. The exact sound differs across Jewish reading traditions, but it is not the same letter as ה or כ. In the default pronunciation, it is represented here with ḥ. Visually, its upper bar connects the two sides, unlike the open shape of He.
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ḥet
READINGApproved transliteration
Het
MEANINGHebrew
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
חַי — ḥai — living · חָכְמָה — ḥokhmah — wisdom
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