Bethleem

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Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bēthleëm or Bēthlēēm n (indeclinable)

  1. alternative form of Bēthlehēmum

Descendants

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

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

References

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem)

Proper noun

Bethleem f

  1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)
    • Analecta Angla Saxonica
      Eornostlīċe þā sē Hǣlend ācenned wæs on Iūdeseisċre Bethléém, on þǣs cyningum dagum Herodes, þā cōmon þā tungolwītegan fram ēastdǣle tō Hierusalem.
      Truly, the Savior was born in Jewish Bethlehem, in the days of King Herod, after which the Wise Men came to Jerusalem from the east.