Lexical Summary Beth Lechem: "place of bread", a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun Original Word: בֵּית לֶחֶםTransliteration: Beth Lechem Phonetic Spelling: (bayth leh'-khem) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "place of bread", a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun Meaning: Bethlehem -- "place of bread", a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun Strong's Concordance Beth-lehem From bayith and lechem; house of bread; Beth- Lechem, a place in Palestine -- Beth-lehem. see HEBREW bayith see HEBREW lechem Brown-Driver-Briggs H1035. Beth Lechem לֶ֫חֶם בֵּית41 proper name, of a location 1. in Judah (place of bread. (food), modern Arabic , place of meat), 2 hours south of Jerusalem; birth-place of David; — לֶ֫חֶם בֵּית Ruth 1:19 11t.; לָֿחֶם׳בּ 1 Samuel 20:6 9t.; לָ֑חֶם בֵּית Judges 12:8 11t. + Genesis 35:19; 48:7, where לחם בית הוא is a gloss, see אֶפְרָ֫תָה; ׳בּ לָֿ֑חֶם 1 Samuel 17:15 3t.; — as construct יְהוּדָה ׳בּ לֶ֫חֶם Judges 17:7-8, 9; 19:1-2, 18 (twice in verse); Ruth 1:1-2, 1 Samuel 17:12; treated as proper name, masculine 1 Chronicles 2:51, 54; 4:4; men of Bethlehem בּ ׳אַנְשֵׁי Nehemiah 7:26 = בּ ׳בְּנֵי Ezra 2:21; — on אֶפְרָ֫תָה as name of Bethlehem, & confusion arising from gloss Genesis 35:19; 48:7; — modern Beit Laµm, 5 miles south of Jerusalem RobBR i. 471 BdPal 123 Surveyiii. 28, 83 GuérinJudée i. 120-206. 2 לָ֑חֶם בֵּית in Zebulun Joshua 19:15; perhaps also Judges 12:8, 10; = Beit Laµm, 7 miles northwest of Nazareth RobBR iii. 113 Surveyi. 301. |
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