Bethleem

See also: Bethléem

Latin

Pronunciation

  • Bēthleëm: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbeːtʰ.le.em/, [ˈbeːt̪ʰɫ̪eɛ̃ˑ]
  • Bēthleëm: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbet.le.em/, [ˈbɛt̪leːm]
  • Bēthlēēm: (Classical) IPA(key): /beːtʰˈleː.eːm/, [beːt̪ʰˈɫ̪eːeːm]
  • Bēthlēēm: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /betˈle.em/, [bet̪ˈlɛːem]

Proper noun

Bēthleëm or Bēthlēēm n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form of Bēthlehēmum
    • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Matthaeus 2:1
      cum ergo natus esset Iesus in Bethleem Iudaeae in diebus Herodis regis ecce magi ab oriente venerunt Hierosolymam

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

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