בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם₄₁ 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; — בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם Ruth 1:19 11t.; לָֿחֶם׳בּ 1 Samuel 20:6 9t.; בֵּית לָ֑חֶם Judges 12:8 11t. + Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7, where הוא בית לחם is a gloss, see אֶפְרָ֫תָה; לָֿ֑חֶם ׳בּ 1 Samuel 17:15 3t.; — as construct לֶ֫חֶם ׳בּ יְהוּדָה Judges 17:7,8,9; Judges 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; 1 Chronicles 4:4; men of Bethlehem ׳אַנְשֵׁי בּ Nehemiah 7:26 = ׳בְּנֵי בּ Ezra 2:21; — on אֶפְרָ֫תָה as name of Bethlehem, & confusion arising from gloss Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7; — modern Beit Laµm, 5 miles south of Jerusalem Rob^{BR i. 471} Bd^{Pal 123} Survey^{iii. 28, 83} Guérin^{Judée i. 120-206.}

2 בֵּית לָ֑חֶם in Zebulun Joshua 19:15; perhaps also Judges 12:8,10; = Beit Laµm, 7 miles northwest of Nazareth Rob^{BR iii. 113} Survey^{i. 301}.

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