בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי
bet-halachmi · Bethlehemite
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1022 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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bet-halachmi (בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Bethlehemite”.
A person from Bethlehem, the town of Judah. Said of Jesse, David's father, and of others.
How to say it
bet ha·lach·mi
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Born in Bethlehem of Judah, the town of Jesse and David.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 16:1
YHWH said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, when I have despised him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have seen among his sons a king for myself.”
- 1 Samuel 16:18
One of the young men answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who knows how to play, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and discerning in speech, and a man of fine figure; and YHWH is with him.”
- 1 Samuel 17:58
Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David said, “The son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”
- 2 Samuel 21:19
There was again war at Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck Goliath the Gittite; and the shaft of his spear was like a beam of weavers.
And 4 more times.