Bethleem

Bethleem

See also: Bethléem

Latin

Pronunciation

• Bēthleëm: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːtʰ.le.em/, [ˈbeːt̪ʰɫ̪eɛ̃ˑ]
• Bēthleëm: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbet.le.em/, [ˈbɛt̪leːm]
• Bēthlēēm: (Classical) IPA^(key): /beːtʰˈleː.eːm/, [beːt̪ʰˈɫ̪eːeːm]
• Bēthlēēm: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /betˈle.em/, [bet̪ˈlɛːem]

Proper noun

Bēthleëm or Bēthlēēm n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of Bēthlehēmum
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Matthaeus 2:1

     cum ergo natus esset Iesus in Bethleem Iudaeae in diebus Herodis regis ecce magi ab oriente venerunt Hierosolymam

Descendants

• Italian: Betlemme
• Portuguese: Belém
• Spanish: Belén

References

• “Bēthleëm”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• Beðleem, Beþþleæm, Bedlem, Bedleem, Bedleme, Bethlehem, Betheleem

Etymology

From Old French Betleem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם‎ (bet léchem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdleː(ɛ)m/, /ˈbɛdlɛm/

Proper noun

Bethleem

1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)
2. (rare) Bethlem Royal Hospital

Descendants

• English: Bethlehem; bedlam

References

• “Bedlẹ̄̆m, -lẹ̄em, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-23.