Bethel

See also: bethel

English

Etymology

From Hebrew בֵּית אֵל‎ (beth el, literally “house of God”).

Pronunciation
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbɛθəl/

Proper noun

Bethel

  1. An ancient town in Palestine, generally identified with modern Beitin in the West Bank; the site of Abraham's first altar.
  2. Any of several places in the United States:
    1. The largest city in western Alaska.
    2. A ghost town in Madera County, California.
    3. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    4. A town in Sussex County, Delaware.
    5. An unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida.
    6. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.
    7. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Indiana.
    8. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
    9. A tiny city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
    10. A village in Shelby County, Missouri.
    11. A town in Sullivan County, New York.
    12. A hamlet in Dutchess County, New York.
    13. A town in Pitt County, North Carolina.
    14. A village in Clermont County, Ohio.
    15. An unincorporated community in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
    16. A rural unincorporated community in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
    17. A neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon.
    18. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon.
    19. An unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    20. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
    21. A ghost town in York County, South Carolina.
    22. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
    23. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Texas.
    24. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
    25. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Virginia.
    26. A census-designated place in Kitsap County, Washington.
    27. An unincorporated community in Wood County, Wisconsin.
    28. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Bethel Township.
  3. A small village in Bodorgan community, Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH3970).

Old Irish

Alternative forms
  • Bethelém

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bethel.

Proper noun

Bethel f (genitive Beithile or Bethil)

  1. (biblical) Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Inflection

A feminine ā-stem declension is extensively attested in the poems of Blathmac. It is also evidenced by its Middle Irish and modern Irish descendants. However, the Félire Óengusso has a lone attestation of an o-stem genitive singular Bethil.

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative BethelL — —
Vocative BethelL — —
Accusative BeithilN — —
Genitive BeithileH — —
Dative BeithilL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: Bethel
    • Irish: An Bheithil

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Bethel Bethel
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mBethel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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