See Bethleem on Wiktionary
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"english": "Truly, the Savior was born in Jewish Bethlehem, in the days of King Herod, after which the Wise Men came to Jerusalem from the east.",
"text": "Analecta Angla Saxonica\nEornostlīċe þā sē Hǣlend ācenned wæs on Iūdeseisċre Bethléém, on þǣs cyningum dagum Herodes, þā cōmon þā tungolwītegan fram ēastdǣle tō Hierusalem.",
"translation": "Truly, the Savior was born in Jewish Bethlehem, in the days of King Herod, after which the Wise Men came to Jerusalem from the east.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)"
],
"links": [
[
"Bethlehem",
"Bethlehem#English"
],
[
"city",
"city"
],
[
"Palestine",
"Palestine#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "Bethleem"
}
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