ſethの英語

語源 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Biblical Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”).

発音

• enPR: sĕth, IPA: /sɛθ/
• 韻: -ɛθ

固有名詞

Seth

1. (biblical) The third son of Adam and Eve.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:3:
     :

     And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 2011 November 17, Ruth Rendell, Myth / The Astronomical Scarf / Walter's Leg (Storycuts), Random House, →ISBN:

     The children suggested names. In his childhood the ones they knew would have been unheard-of (Scott, Ross, Damian, Liam, Seth) or, strangely enough, too old-fashioned for popular use (Joshua, Simon, Jack, George).

   • 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN‎:

     Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies” and that the trip had been conducted in secret “to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground.”

   • 2021 December 7, Elly Griffiths, The Midnight Hour, Brighton Mysteries, →ISBN, page 34:

     'David, Seth and Aaron,' said Emma. 'Biblical names. I wonder if either of the parents is religious.' 'Jewish?' said Sam. 'They sound Old Testament to me.'

語源 2

From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Egyptian (stẖ).

別の表記

• Set, Sutekh

発音

• enPR: sĕth, IPA: /sɛθ/
• 韻: -ɛθ

固有名詞

Seth

1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.

アナグラム

• Esth, Esth., Tesh, eths, hest, hets, shet, tesh