בית לחם

בית לחם

Hebrew

Roots
ב־י־ת‎ (b-y-t)
ל־ח־ם‎ (l-ḥ-m)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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

1. Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém)
  • → Latin: Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm
    • Old French: Bethleem
      • → Middle English: Bethleem, Bedlem
        • English: Bethlehem, Bedlam
          • → Coeur d'Alene: beetlyem

References

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