Lexicon Cheth: a son of Canaan and probably ancestor of the Hittites Original Word: חֵתPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Cheth Phonetic Spelling: (khayth) Short Definition: Heth NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitiona son of Canaan and probably ancestor of the Hittites NASB TranslationHeth (14).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חֵת proper name, masculine apparently represented as ancestor of the Hittites (etymology and meaning unknown; pronounced as from √ עע֞ in Hebrew & Assyrian, but not Egyptian; see חִתִּי below) — 'begotten' by Canaan Genesis 10:15 (J) = 1 Chronicles 1:13; elsewhere only in combination with בְּנֵי, בְּנוֺת; a. בְּנֵיחֵֿת according to P lived at Mamre (Hebron), and one of them sold Abraham the cave of Machpelah for a sepulchre Genesis 23:3,5,10 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:16,18,20; Genesis 25:10; Genesis 49:32. b. בְּנוֺת(ֿ)חֵת only of wives of Esau Genesis 27:46 (twice in verse) (P; ᵐ5 omits vb; "" בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ = בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Genesis 28:1).
Strong's Heth From chathath; terror; Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite -- Heth. see HEBREW chathath |
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