Acca

/ˈæk.ə/ noun

Definition

A Hebrew letter (ח), also known as 'het' or 'heth'; the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Etymology

From Hebrew 'ח' (het/heth), a letter whose name originally meant 'fence' or 'enclosure' in ancient Semitic languages. The term entered English through scholarly and religious texts discussing Hebrew writing.

Kelly Says

The letter 'acca' literally looks like a fence (|—|), and that's exactly what its name meant in ancient Hebrew! It's one of the few letters where the shape matches the original meaning of its name.

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