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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Label Occurrences
Beth Lehem canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Bread → transliteration → Beth Lehem ⓘ