በ (ba)
The Ge'ez letter በ is called ቤት (bet). It represents an “voiced bilabial plosive”, which is the <b> sound in the English words boy, big, and ball.
Its shape በ is derived from the epigraphic character: 𐩨. It correlates to the Arabic letter ب, the Syriac letter ܒ, and the Hebrew letter ב.
Ge’ez words starting with በ include ብርሃን (bərhan) “light”, ቤዛ (beza) “redemption”, and ብሥረት (bəšrat) “good news”.
