Matthew 2:16:19Matt.2.16.W19PAT

Βηθλέεμ

bêthleem

Bethlehem

Transliteration
bêth-LE-em
Extended
bêth-LE-em
IPA
/bɛːtʰˈle.em/

Meaning by language

English
Bethlehem
French
Bethléem
Spanish
Belén
Portuguese
Belém
German
Bethlehem
Russian
Вифлеем
Arabic-Simplified
بيت لحم
Hindi
बैतलहम
Chinese-Simplified
伯利恒
Korean
베들레헴
Indonesian
Betlehem
Bengali
বেথলেহেম
Tagalog
Betlehem
Swahili
Bethlehemu
Amharic
ቤተልሔም
Yoruba
Bẹtilẹhẹm
Igbo
Bɛtliheɛm
Twi
Bɛthlehem
Ewe
Betlehem

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Result
Βηθ + λέ + εμ
bêth + le + em
bêthleem

Alphabet Analysis

Betav — as in victory
Etai — as in machine
Thetath — as in thin
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Mum — as in mother

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  1. word

    bêth-LE-em

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KAI a-po-STEI-las a-NEI-len PAN-tas tous PAI-das tous en bêth-LE-em KAI en PÂ-si tois ho-RI-ois au-TÊS a-PO di-e-TOUS KAI ka-tô-TE-rô

  3. sentence

    TO-te hê-RÔ-dês i-DÔN HO-ti e-ne-PAIKH-thê hy-PO tôn MA-gôn e-thy-MÔ-thê LI-an KAI a-po-STEI-las a-NEI-len PAN-tas tous PAI-das tous en bêth-LE-em KAI en PÂ-si tois ho-RI-ois au-TÊS a-PO di-e-TOUS KAI ka-tô-TE-rô ka-TA ton KHRÔ-non HON ê-KRI-bô-sen pa-RA tôn MA-gôn

In contextMatthew 2:16

Then Herod having seen that he had been tricked by the magi he became furious very much and having sent he killed all the boys the in Bethlehem and in all the regions of it from of two years and and below according to the time which he had ascertained from the magi

About this coordinate

Matthew 2:16:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Matthew 2:16, so the Greek word Βηθλέεμ (bêthleem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.2.16.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.16.W19.S1) and character.