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:''For the letter Heth in many Semitic alphabets, see [[Heth (letter)]].''
:''For the letter Heth in many Semitic alphabets, see [[Heth (letter)]].''


'''Heth''' ('''חֵת''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''{{unicode|Ḥet}}''', [[Tiberian Hebrew]] '''{{unicode|Ḥēṯ}}''') the second of the eleven biblical nations of [[Canaan]]. Historians are divided as to whether or not this branch was connected with the [[Nesili]]-[[Hittites]] of [[Anatolia]] (whom the [[Assyria]]ns called [[Hatti]]). The Biblical group was so named after a son of Canaan, son of [[Ham, son of Noah|Ham]] mentioned in [[Genesis]] as having sold land to [[Abraham]].
'''Heth''' ('''חֵת''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''{{unicode|Ḥet}}''', [[Tiberian Hebrew]] '''{{unicode|Ḥēṯ}}''') the second of the eleven biblical nations of [[Canaan]]. They were so named after a son of Canaan, son of [[Ham, son of Noah|Ham]] mentioned in [[Genesis]] as having sold land to [[Abraham]].


Historians are divided as to whether or not this branch was connected with the [[Nesili]]-[[Hittites]] of [[Anatolia]] (whom the [[Assyria]]ns called [[Hatti]]).
''See also'': [[Hittites]]


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Revision as of 18:43, 10 February 2006

For the letter Heth in many Semitic alphabets, see Heth (letter).

Heth (חֵת, Standard Hebrew Ḥet, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥēṯ) the second of the eleven biblical nations of Canaan. They were so named after a son of Canaan, son of Ham mentioned in Genesis as having sold land to Abraham.

Historians are divided as to whether or not this branch was connected with the Nesili-Hittites of Anatolia (whom the Assyrians called Hatti).