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Latin
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Proper noun
Bēthleëm or Bēthlēēm n (indeclinable)
- Alternative form of Bēthlehēmum
Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 2:1:cum ergo natus esset Iesus in Bethleem Iudaeae in diebus Herodis regis ecce magi ab oriente venerunt Hierosolymam- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Middle English
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
- Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)
- (rare) Bethlem Royal Hospital
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