Re Bethelhem definition

rockfordill | 16:29 Sat 05th Apr 2008 | ChatterBank

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I was thinking about Jacob and Bethel and had heard somewhere that Bethel means House of God - I then wondered if the suffix 'el' was short for 'Elohim'

I then thought of Bethelohim in full and thought it sounded awfully like Bethlehem - wouldn't it be nice if Bethlehem really meant House of God - but I find that traditionally Bethlehem means House of Bread - and I cannot reconcile that - I don't want to let this go yet - are there any Hebrew scholars out there who can help

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theonlyone

Think you will get a better response in
the S/C section ..

rockfordill

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Many thanks - this was my first ever visit to chatter bank and I soon realised that this was not quite the medium for the question I had and of course I had forgotten about the sabbath restrictions - I will try the S & C section maaybe after midnight

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