{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1035",
  "lemma": "בֵּית לֶחֶם",
  "transliteration": "Bêyth Lechem",
  "definition": "Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine",
  "kjv": "Bethlehem.",
  "occurrences": 82,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1004",
      "lemma": "בַּיִת",
      "transliteration": "bayith",
      "meaning": "a house",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1004"
    },
    {
      "id": "H3899",
      "lemma": "לֶחֶם",
      "transliteration": "lechem",
      "meaning": "food",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3899"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם 41 n.pr.loc.",
    "1. in Judah, 2 hours south of Jerusalem; birth-place of David",
    "2. in Zeb., 7 m. NW. of Nazareth"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:19",
      "text": "Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 48:7",
      "text": "As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 19:15",
      "text": "Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/19?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 12:8",
      "text": "After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/12?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 12:10",
      "text": "Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/12?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 17:7",
      "text": "There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/17?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 17:8",
      "text": "The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/17?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 17:9",
      "text": "Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/17?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 19:1",
      "text": "In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/19?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 19:2",
      "text": "His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father’s house to Bethlehem Judah, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/19?v=2"
    }
  ],
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