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# beth

«beth» in Mova's school dictionary: **a girl's name, a short form of Elizabeth or Bethany** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Beth, a name); noun (beth, the Hebrew letter ב)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Beth is a girl's name, a short form of Elizabeth or Bethany. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#m1)

2) The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also spelled bet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#m2)

3) In Welsh and Hebrew place names, a part meaning «house», as in Bethlehem («house of bread»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, Beth is a common character name, like Beth March in «Little Women». In Bible lessons, Beth- in place names such as Bethlehem and Bethel means «house». It is a name or fragment, not an everyday English word.

### examples

- My best friend is called Beth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#x1)
- Beth March is one of the sisters in «Little Women». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#x2)
- Bethlehem means «house of bread». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#x3)
- Beth is short for Elizabeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#x4)
- Beth is the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#x5)
- Ask Beth if she wants to play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#x6)
- And to this day the place is called Beth Gellert, or the Grave of Gellert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/#x7)

### note

As a name, capital B. Short for Elizabeth or Bethany. Not an English word on its own.

### In the corpora

- [And he called the name of that place Beth-el, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.846/)
- [I am the God of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow a vow unto Me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.946/)
- [And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1103/)
- [And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath — the same is Beth-lehem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1107/)
- [and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1184/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.