חֵת

חֵת proper name, masculine apparently represented as ancestor of the Hittites (etymology and meaning unknown; pronounced as from √ עע֞ in Hebrew & Assyrian, but not Egyptian; see חִתִּי below) — 'begotten' by Canaan 1 Mos 10,15 (J) = 1 Kron 1,13 elsewhere only in combination with בְּנֵי, בְּנוֺת;
\ \ a. בְּנֵיחֵֿת according to P lived at Mamre (Hebron), and one of them sold Abraham the cave of Machpelah for a sepulchre 1 Mos 23,3; 1 Mos 23,5; 1 Mos 23,10 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 23,16; 1 Mos 23,18; 1 Mos 23,20; 1 Mos 25,10; 1 Mos 49,32.
\ \ b. בְּנוֺת(ֿ)חֵת only of wives of Esau 1 Mos 27,46 (twice in verse) (P; ᵐ5 omits v^b; || בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ = בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן 1 Mos 28,1).