ביתא

From Proto-Semitic *bayt-.

בַּיְתָא • (bayṯā) m (absolute בַּי‎ (bay), construct בֵּית‎ (bēṯ), plural בָּתַּיָּא‎ (bātayyā))

1. house, home

From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).

בֵּיתָא • (béta) f

1. beta (the second letter of the Greek alphabet)
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Shekalim 3:2:

     ‏רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, יְוָנִית כָּתוּב בָּהֶן — אַלְפָ״א בֵּיתָ״א גַמְלָ״א‎

     Rabbi Yishma'el omer, y'vanit katuv ba-hen — alfa, beta, gamla.

     Rabbi Ishmael says, Greek was written on them — alpha, beta, gamma.

From Aramaic בֵּיתָא‎ (bēṯā), from earlier בַּיְתָּא‎ (baytā).

ביתא (bēṯa) m (plural באתיה‎ (bāte) or באתאניה‎ (batāne) or ביתאואתא‎ (bēṯawāṯa))

1. house