בית לחם

Hebrew

Roots
ב־י־ת (b-y-t)
ל־ח־ם (l-kh-m)

Etymology

From בֵּית (bet, “house of”) +‎ לֶחֶם (lékhem, “bread”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

בֵּית לֶחֶם • (bet lékhem) f (Biblical Hebrew pausal form בֵּית לָחֶם)

1. Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَيْت لَحْم (bayt laḥm) (see there for further descendants)
• → Aramaic: בֵּית לַחְמָא
• → Ancient Greek: Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém) (see there for further descendants)

References

• H1035 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible