Bet hallachmi בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי
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| בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | bet hallachmi |
| Strong's number | H1022 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Bethlehemite |
| Occurrences | 8 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Samuel (3) |
Bet hallachmi (Hebrew בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי, Strong's H1022) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Bethlehemite”. It occurs 8 times.
Definition
Group of bet le.chem (בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם "Bethlehem" H1035)
§ Bethlehemite = "house of bread"
an inhabitant of Bethlehem
§ Bethlehemite = "house of bread"
an inhabitant of Bethlehem
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | beth lehemite (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | bethlehem (3), bethlehemite (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Bet hallachmi, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 16:1And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
- 1 Samuel 16:18Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth–lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
- 1 Samuel 17:58And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth–lehemite.“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 21:19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare–oregim, a Beth–lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).