Βηθλεέμ

See also: Βηθλέεμ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Βαιθλεέμ (Baithleém), Βαιθλάεμ (Baithláem)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bêṯ leḥem).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Βηθλεέμ • (Bēthleém) f (indeclinable)

  1. Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Inflection

Declension of ἡ Βηθλεέμ; τῆς Βηθλεέμ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Βηθλεέμ
hē Bēthleém
Genitive τῆς Βηθλεέμ
tês Bēthleém
Dative τῇ Βηθλεέμ
tēî Bēthleém
Accusative τὴν Βηθλεέμ
tḕn Bēthleém
Vocative Βηθλεέμ
Bēthleém
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Βηθλεέμ (Vithleém)
  • → Aghwan: 𐔱𐔴𐔸𐔾𐔰𐕆𐔴𐕌 (betlahem)
  • → Latin: Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, Bēthlēēm, Bēthlehem, Bēthlem (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Armenian: Բեթղեհէմ (Betʻłehēm)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: Витьлеемъ (Vitĭlejemŭ), Виѳлеемь (Viθlejemĭ), Витьлѣима (Vitĭlěima)
  • → Old Georgian: ბეთლემი (betlemi)
  • → Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼 (bēþlaihaim)

References

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