Bet (letter)
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| Bet | |
|---|---|
| Phoenician |  |
| Hebrew | ב |
| Aramaic |  |
| Syriac | ܒ |
| Arabic | ب |
| Phonemic representation | b, v |
| Position in alphabet | 2 |
| Numerical value | 2 |
| Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
| Greek | Β |
| Latin | B |
| Cyrillic | В, Б |
Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Bēt 
, Hebrew Bēt ב, Aramaic Bēth 
, Syriac Bēṯ ܒ, and Arabic Bāʾ ب. Its sound value is the voiced bilabial stop ⟨b⟩ or the voiced labiodental fricative ⟨v⟩.
The letter's name means "house" in various Semitic languages (Arabic bayt, Akkadian WIKI