proper name [of a location] 1. in Judah (place of bread (food), modern Arabic [untranscribed source text 586], place of meat), 2 hours south of Jerusalem; birth-place of David; — בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם Ruth 1:19 + 11 t.; לָֿחֶם ׳ בּ 1Sam 20:6 + 9 t.; בֵּית לָ֑חֶם Judg 12:8 + 11 t. + Gen 35:19; Gen 48:7, where הוא בית לחם is a gloss, see אֶפְרָ֫תָה ; לָֿ֑חֶם ׳ בּ 1Sam 17:15 + 3 t.; — as construct לֶ֫חֶם ׳ בּ יְהוּדָה Judg 17:7; Judg 17:8; Judg 17:9; Judg 19:1; Judg 19:2; Judg 19:18 (twice in verse); Ruth 1:1 ; Ruth 1:2; 1Sam 17:12 treated as proper name, masculine 1Chr 2:51; 1Chr 2:54; 1Chr 4:4 men of Bethlehem ׳ אַנְשֵׁי בּ Neh 7:26 = ׳ בְּנֵי בּ Ezra 2:21 — on אֶפְרָ֫תָה as name of Bethlehem, & confusion arising from gloss Gen 35:19; Gen 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 Josh 19:15 perhaps also Judg 12:8; Judg 12:10 = Beit Laµm , 7 miles northwest of Nazareth Rob^{BR iii. 113} Survey^{i. 301}.