Bet (letter)
| 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 a voiced bilabial stop ⟨b⟩ or a voiced labiodental fricative ⟨v⟩.
The letter's name means "house" in various Semitic languages (Arabic bayt, Akkadian WIKI