H2845 H2845
Heth — eponymous ancestor of the Hittites, listed as a son of Canaan in the Table of Nations.
A proper masculine name identifying the ancestor-figure of the Hittites (בְּנֵי חֵת, 'sons of Heth'). In the Table of Nations, Heth is listed as Canaan's son (Gen 10:15; 1 Chr 1:13). The name appears most frequently in the phrase 'sons of Heth,' denoting the local population at Hebron from whom Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah as a burial site (Gen 23:3–20; 25:10; 49:32). The 'daughters of Heth' are Esau's Hittite wives, a source of grief to Rebekah (Gen 27:46). French and German transliterate as 'Heth' and 'Chet' respectively.
Senses
1. Heth (personal/ethnic name) — The proper name Heth (חֵת), the eponymous ancestor of the Hittites, presented as a son of Canaan (Gen 10:15; 1 Chr 1:13). Almost all occurrences use the construct 'sons of Heth' (בְּנֵי חֵת) to designate the Hittite population resident at Hebron in the patriarchal period, particularly in the Machpelah purchase narrative (Gen 23:3–20; 25:10; 49:32). The phrase 'daughters of Heth' (בְּנוֹת חֵת) in Gen 27:46 identifies the Hittite women Esau married. Etymology and precise meaning of the name remain uncertain. 14×
AR["حيث", "حِثٍّ", "حِثَّ", "حِثّ", "حِيثَ"]·ben["হেত", "হেতের", "হেৎ"]·DE["Chet", "Chets", "Hets", "[חת]"]·EN["Cheth", "Heth"]·FR["Heth", "[חת]"]·heb["חת"]·HI["हēत-को", "हेत", "हेत-की", "हेत-के"]·ID["Het"]·IT["Het", "[חת]"]·jav["Het", "Hèt", "Hét"]·KO["헷", "헷의"]·PT["Chet", "Het"]·RU["Хета"]·ES["Chet", "Jet"]·SW["Hethi", "Heti", "kila", "mia"]·TR["Het'i", "Het'in", "Heth'in", "gömüldü"]·urd["حت", "حت-کے", "حیت"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֵת n.pr.m. appar. represented as ancestor of the Hittites (etym. and meaning unknown; pronounced as from √ ע״ע in Heb. & Assyrian, but not Egyptian; v. חִתִּי infr.)—‘begotten’ by Canaan Gn 10:15 (J) = 1 Ch 1:13; elsewhere only in combin. with בְּנֵי, בְּנוֹת; a. בְּנֵי־חֵת according to P lived at Mamre (Hebron), and one of them sold Abraham the cave of Machpelah for a sepulchre Gn 23:3, 5,…