ה ח
ORIGINALRH-051
Hebrew Letters · Letters That Look Alike
He and Het
RH-051HebrewSquare Hebrew script and Masoretic reading notation
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
ה ח
Transliterationhe · ḥet
Plain meaningHe is open; Het is closed across the top.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
He and Het
He and Het share a similar outer frame, but He has a visible opening where its left stroke does not connect completely to the top. Het forms a continuous top bridge. Their sounds and lexical identities are different.
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he · ḥet
READINGApproved transliteration
He is open; Het is closed across the top.
MEANINGHebrew
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