Lexical Definition

‎בֵּית לֶחֶם‎ Bêyth Lechem (bayth leh'-khem) Bethlehem ^N:N--L
from ‎בַּיִת‎ and ‎לֶחֶם‎; house of bread

Bethlehem.

• § Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)"
• Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

1) a city in Judah, birthplace of David
2) a place in Zebulun

See Greek: Βηθλεέμ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם‎₄₁

proper name, of a location 1. in Judah (place of bread. (food), modern Arabic , place of meat), 2 hours south of Jerusalem; birth-place of David; — ‎בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם‎ Ruth 1:19 + 11 t.; ‎לָֿחֶם‎‎׳‎‎בּ‎ 1Sam 20:6 + 9 t.; ‎בֵּית לָ֑חֶם‎ Judg 12:8 + 11 t. + Gen 35:19; Gen 48:7, where ‎הוא בית לחם‎ is a gloss, see ‎אֶפְרָ֫תָה‎; ‎לָֿ֑חֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ 1Sam 17:15 + 3 t.; — as construct ‎לֶ֫חֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ ‎יְהוּדָה‎ Judg 17:7; Judg 17:8; Judg 17:9; Judg 19:1; Judg 19:2; Judg 19:18 (twice in verse); Ruth 1:1; Ruth 1:2; 1Sam 17:12 treated as proper name, masculine 1Chr 2:51; 1Chr 2:54; 1Chr 4:4 men of Bethlehem ‎׳‎‎אַנְשֵׁי בּ‎ Neh 7:26 = ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי בּ‎ Ezra 2:21 — on ‎אֶפְרָ֫תָה‎ as name of Bethlehem, & confusion arising from gloss Gen 35:19; Gen 48:7 — modern Beit Laµm, 5 miles south of Jerusalem Rob^{BR i. 471} Bd^{Pal 123} Survey^{iii. 28, 83} Guérin^{Judée i. 120-206.}

2. ‎בֵּית לָ֑חֶם‎ in Zebulun Josh 19:15 perhaps also Judg 12:8; Judg 12:10 = Beit Laµm, 7 miles northwest of Nazareth Rob^{BR iii. 113} Survey^{i. 301}.

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