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)

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

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