בֵּית לֶחֶם

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 Rut 1,19 + 11 t.; לָֿחֶם׳בּ 1 Sam 20,6 + 9 t.; בֵּית לָ֑חֶם Dom 12,8 + 11 t. + 1 Mos 35,19; 1 Mos 48,7, where הוא בית לחם is a gloss, see אֶפְרָ֫תָה; לָֿ֑חֶם ׳בּ 1 Sam 17,15 + 3 t.; — as construct לֶ֫חֶם ׳בּ יְהוּדָה Dom 17,7; Dom 17,8; Dom 17,9; Dom 19,1; Dom 19,2; Dom 19,18 (twice in verse); Rut 1,1; Rut 1,2; 1 Sam 17,12 treated as proper name, masculine 1 Kron 2,51; 1 Kron 2,54; 1 Kron 4,4 men of Bethlehem ׳אַנְשֵׁי בּ Neh 7,26 = ׳בְּנֵי בּ Ezr 2,21 — on אֶפְרָ֫תָה as name of Bethlehem, & confusion arising from gloss 1 Mos 35,19; 1 Mos 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 Jos 19,15 perhaps also Dom 12,8; Dom 12,10 = Beit Laµm, 7 miles northwest of Nazareth Rob^{BR iii. 113} Survey^{i. 301}.