Matthew 2:5:6Matt.2.5.W6PAT
Βηθλέεμ
bêthleem
“Bethlehem”
- Transliteration
- bêth-LE-em
- Extended
- bêth-LEH-ehm
- IPA
- /bɛːtʰ.ˈle.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
- Bẹtlehem
- Igbo
- Betlehem
- Twi
- Bɛtɛlehem
- Ewe
- Betleem
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
Βηθ + λέ + εμ
↓
bêth + le + em
↓
bêthleem
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother |
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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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The word
Word in context
- word
bêth-LE-em
- clause
en bêth-LE-em TÊS i-ou-DAI-as
- sentence
hoi DE EI-pan au-TO en bêth-LE-em TÊS i-ou-DAI-as HOO-tôs GAR GE-gra-ptai di-A TOU pro-PHÊ-TOU
In context — Matthew 2:5
then they said to him in Bethlehem of Judea for thus it has been written by the prophet
About this coordinate
Matthew 2:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 2:5, 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.2.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.5.W6.S1) and character.