What 벧 means
Alone, 벧 is a syllable, not a word with a stable meaning.
Its clearest use is as the first syllable of 벧엘, the traditional Korean Christian spelling of Bethel. The full name, not 벧 by itself, names the place.
A 2014 Korean community language column records 벧엘교회 and 벧엘찬양대, while recommending 베델 under Korean loanword spelling rules. The 벧엘 vs 베델 difference is a spelling tradition: both refer to the same biblical place.
Why does 벧 appear in 벧엘?
It preserves the first syllable of a borrowed biblical name.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Korean Bible translations were still settling how to write foreign names in Hangul. Earlier translations varied; 벧 belongs to that history of writing borrowed names by sound.
The larger name 벧엘 traces back to Hebrew בֵּית־אֵל, commonly explained as “house of God.” The printed shape of 벧 can vary from font to font while its character identity stays the same.
In compounds, 벧 points to a traditional Christian or Bible spelling; alone, it is neutral Hangul text.
A lone 벧 is not the whole place-name; 벧엘 is the full form.
Drift: As of 2026, the 2024 새한글성경 spells the place 베델 in Genesis 28:19.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsDon't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
3Questions people ask
1Why does 벧 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 벧
벧\BCA7Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.