Matthew 2:8:5Matt.2.8.W5PAT

Βηθλέεμ

bêthleem

Bethlehem

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

Meaning by language

English
Bethlehem
French
Bethléem
Spanish
Belén
Portuguese
Belém
German
Bethlehem
Russian
Вифлеем
Arabic-Simplified
بيت لحم
Hindi
बेतलेहेम
Chinese-Simplified
伯利恒
Korean
베들레헴
Indonesian
Betlehem
Bengali
বেথলেহেম
Tagalog
Betlehem
Swahili
Bethlehemu
Amharic
ቤተልሔም
Yoruba
Betlehema
Igbo
Betlehem
Twi
Betlehem
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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Word in context

  1. word

    bêth-LE-em

  2. clause

    KAI PEM-psas au-TOUS EIS bêth-LE-em EI-pen

  3. sentence

    KAI PEM-psas au-TOUS EIS bêth-LE-em EI-pen po-reu-THEN-tes ek-se-TA-sa-te a-kri-BÔS pe-RI TOU pai-DI-ou e-PAN DE EU-rê-te a-pang-gei-la-TE MOI HO-pôs ka-GÔ el-THÔN pros-ky-NÊ-sô au-TÔ

In contextMatthew 2:8

and having sent them to Bethlehem he said Go search carefully about the child when then you have found report to me so that I also having come I may worship him

About this coordinate

Matthew 2:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 2:8, 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.2.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.8.W5.S1) and character.