Save Type Settlement Usage Arabic Scripts بيت لحم(Arabic) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Arabic form of Bethlehem. The Arabic word لحم (laḥm) meaning "meat" is cognate with Hebrew לֶחֶם (leḥem) meaning "bread". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsbayiṯ + leḥemOther Languages & CulturesBethlehem(Biblical) Bethleem(Biblical Greek) Bet-Lechem(Biblical Hebrew) Bethleem(Biblical Latin) Belén(Biblical Spanish) Betlém(Czech) Bethlehem(Dutch) Bethlehem(English) Bethléem(French) Bethlehem(German) Betlemme(Italian) Betlehem(Slovak) Belén(Spanish)