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Shin Bet

Pronunciation: /ʃɪn ˈbɛt/

(also Shin Beth)
Definition of Shin Bet
  • the principal security service of Israel, concerned primarily with counter-espionage.

Origin:

modern Hebrew, the initial letters of the first two words of šērūṯ biṭṭāhōn kĕlālī '(general) security service'

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