Beth Lehem

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Beth Lehem is a transliteration of the Hebrew name commonly rendered as Bethlehem, an ancient town of major biblical and historical significance.

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Beth Lehem canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town
biblical location
transliteration
appearsInBook 1 Samuel
Book of Ruth
Gospels
Micah
associatedWith King David
Naomi
Ruth
category Ancient Near Eastern cities
Biblical towns
Places in the Bible
distanceFromJerusalem about 8 kilometers south
etymologyComponent beth (house)
lechem (bread)
hasModernCounterpart Bethlehem in the West Bank
linked to: Bethlehem
hasNameForm Bethlehem
hasVariantSpelling Beth-lehem
linked to: Bethlehem

Bethlehem of Judah
linked to: Bethlehem
historicalPeriod Iron Age Levant
knownFor City of David
birthplace of Jesus according to the New Testament
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedIn Judea
ancient Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel
locatedInModernEntity State of Palestine
locatedNear Jerusalem
meaning House of Bread
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

New Testament
Old Testament
linked to: Bible
prophecyAssociatedWith Micah 5:2
region Levant
linked to: Levant region
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
roleInChristianity traditional birthplace of Jesus
roleInJudaism hometown of King David
scriptDirection right-to-left in Hebrew
traditionalSiteOf Church of the Nativity (later Christian tradition)
transliterationOf בֵּית לֶחֶם
linked to: Bethlehem
typeOfSignificance biblical significance
historical significance
religious significance
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet

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House of Bread transliteration Beth Lehem