Latin

Proper noun

Bēthleëm or Bēthlēēm n ‎(indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of Bēthlehēmum
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Matthaeus 2:1

     cum ergo natus esset Iesus in Bethleem Iudaeae in diebus Herodis regis ecce magi ab oriente venerunt Hierosolymam

References

• Bēthleëm in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press