Etymology?:
from bēt בֵּית ‘between / house’ and leḥem לֶ֫חֶם ‘food’
Roots:
בית
לחם
bēt leḥem pr n loc
Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)"
1) a city in Judah, birthplace of David
2) a place in Zebulun
Mentioned in Genesis 48:7, 35:19 Joshua 19:15 Judges 19:2, 12:8, 12:10, 19:1, 19:18, 17:9, 17:8, 17:7 1 Samuel 17:15, 20:6, 17:12, 16:4, 20:28 2 Samuel 2:32, 23:16, 23:15, 23:14, 23:24 Jeremiah 41:17 Micah 5:1 Ruth 1:1, 1:2, 4:11, 1:19, 2:4, 1:22 Ezra 2:21 Nehemiah 7:26 1 Chronicles 2:51, 4:4, 11:18, 11:17, 11:16, 11:26, 2:54 2 Chronicles 11:6