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H1035Gבֵּית לֶ֫חֶםbet le.chem

BethlehemPart of speech: Proper Name of a Location

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Occurrences by book

  1. 4
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 18
  8. 14
  9. 10
  10. 10
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 14
  14. 2
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. 2
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 2
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H1035

  • H1035Hבֵּית לֶ֫חֶםbet le.chemBethlehemN:N--LOccurrences: 2

80 occurrences in 38 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 35:19

    And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.

    בֵּ֥ית beit “[is] Beth-”לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “-lehem”

  2. Genesis 48:7

    And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.'

    בֵּ֥ית beit “[is] Beth-”לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “-lehem”

  3. Judges 12:8

    And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.

    מִבֵּ֥ית (בֵּ֥ית) Beit “Beth-”לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “-lehem”

  4. Judges 12:10

    and Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem.

    בְּבֵ֥ית (בֵ֥ית) Veit “Beth-”לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “-lehem”

  5. Judges 17:7

    And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem in Judah--in the family of Judah--who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

    מִבֵּ֥ית (בֵּ֥ית) Beit “Beth-”לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “-lehem”

  6. Judges 17:8

    And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem in Judah, to sojourn where he could find a place; and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

    מִבֵּ֥ית (בֵּ֥ית) Beit “Beth-”לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “-lehem”

  7. Judges 17:9

    And Micah said unto him: 'Whence comest thou?' And he said unto him: 'I am a Levite of Beth-lehem in Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.'

    מִבֵּ֥ית (בֵּ֥ית) Beit “Beth-”לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “-lehem”

  8. Judges 19:1

    And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem in Judah.

    מִבֵּ֥ית (בֵּ֥ית) Beit “Beth-”לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  9. Judges 19:2

    And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem in Judah, and was there the space of four months.

    בֵּ֥ית beit “Beth-”לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  10. Judges 19:18

    And he said unto him: 'We are passing from Beth-lehem in Judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem in Judah, and I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that taketh me into

    מִבֵּֽית־ (בֵּֽית) beit- “Beth-”לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”בֵּ֥ית beit “Beth-”לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  11. Ruth 1:1

    AND IT came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem in Judah went to sojourn in the field of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

    מִבֵּ֧ית (בֵּ֧ית) Beit “Beth-”לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  12. Ruth 1:2

    And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem in Judah. And they came into the field of Moab, and continued there.

    מִבֵּ֥ית (בֵּ֥ית) Beit “Beth-”לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  13. Ruth 1:19

    So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was astir concerning them, and the women said: 'Is this Naomi?'

    בֵּ֣ית beit “Beth-”לָ֑חֶם La.chem “-lehem”בֵּ֣ית beit “Beth-”לֶ֔חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  14. Ruth 1:22

    So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the field of Moab--and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

    בֵּ֣ית beit “Beth-”לֶ֔חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  15. Ruth 2:4

    And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers: 'The LORD be with you.' And they answered him: 'The LORD bless thee.'

    מִבֵּ֣ית (בֵּ֣ית) Beit “Beth-”לֶ֔חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  16. Ruth 4:11

    And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said: 'We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in B

    בְּבֵ֥ית (בֵ֥ית) Veit “Beth-”לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “-lehem”

  17. 1 Samuel 16:4

    And Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said: 'Comest thou peaceably?'

    בֵּ֣ית beit “Beth-”לָ֑חֶם La.chem “-lehem”

  18. 1 Samuel 17:12

    Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men.

    מִבֵּ֥ית (בֵּ֥ית) Beit “Beth-”לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “-lehem”

  19. 1 Samuel 17:15

    Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.--

    בֵּֽית־ beit- “Beth-”לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “-lehem”

  20. 1 Samuel 20:6

    If thy father miss me at all, then say: David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

    בֵּֽית־ beit- “Beth-”לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  21. 1 Samuel 20:28

    And Jonathan answered Saul: 'David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem;

    בֵּ֥ית beit “Beth-”לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “-lehem”

  22. 2 Samuel 2:32

    And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron.

    בֵּ֣ית beit “[was] Beth-”לָ֑חֶם La.chem “-lehem”

  23. 2 Samuel 23:14

    And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

    בֵּ֥ית beit “[was] Beth-”לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “-lehem”

  24. 2 Samuel 23:15

    And David longed, and said: 'Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!'

    בֵּֽית־ beit- “Beth-”לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “-lehem”

  25. 2 Samuel 23:16

    And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

    בֵּֽית־ beit- “Beth-”לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “-lehem”