Lexical Summary Cheth: a son of Canaan and probably ancestor of the Hittites Original Word: חֵתTransliteration: Cheth Phonetic Spelling: (khayth) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: a son of Canaan and probably ancestor of the Hittites Meaning: Heth -- a son of Canaan and probably ancestor of the Hittites Strong's Concordance Heth From chathath; terror; Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite -- Heth. see HEBREW chathath Brown-Driver-Briggs H2845. Cheth 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 בְּנוֺת בְּנֵי,; 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); 23:16, 18, 20; 25:10; 49:32. b. בְּנוֺת(ֿ)חֵת only of wives of Esau Genesis 27:46 (twice in verse) (P; ᵐ5 omits vb; "" הָאָרֶץ בְּנוֺת = כְּנָ֑עַן בְּנוֺת 28:1). |
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