Bethel

See also: bethel

English

Etymology

From Hebrew בֵּיתְאֵל (betél, “Bethel”, literally “house of Ēl/God”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛθəl/

Proper noun

Bethel

1. An ancient town in Palestine, generally identified with modern Beitin in the West Bank; the site of Abraham's first altar.
2. Any of several places in the United States:
   1. The largest city in western Alaska.
   2. A census area in Alaska, which includes the city,
   3. A ghost town in Madera County, California.
   4. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
   5. A town in Sussex County, Delaware.
   6. An unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida.
   7. An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.
   8. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Indiana.
   9. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
   10. A tiny city in Anoka County, Minnesota.
   11. A village in Shelby County, Missouri.
   12. A town in Sullivan County, New York.
   13. A hamlet in Dutchess County, New York.
   14. A town in Pitt County, North Carolina.
   15. A village in Clermont County, Ohio.
   16. An unincorporated community in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
   17. A rural unincorporated community in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
   18. A neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon.
   19. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon.
   20. An unincorporated community in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
   21. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
   22. A ghost town in York County, South Carolina.
   23. An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
   24. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Texas.
   25. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
   26. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Virginia.
   27. A census-designated place in Kitsap County, Washington.
   28. An unincorporated community in Wood County, Wisconsin.
   29. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Bethel Township.
3. A small village in Bodorgan community, Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH3970).

Derived terms

• Bethel Park
• Lower Mount Bethel
• Mount Bethel

 

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Bethelém

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bethel.

Proper noun

Bethel f (genitive Beithile or Bethil)

1. (biblical) Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Inflection

A feminine ā-stem declension is extensively attested in the poems of Blathmac. It is also evidenced by its Middle Irish and modern Irish descendants. However, the Félire Óengusso has a lone attestation of an o-stem genitive singular Bethil.

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	BethelL	—	—
Vocative	BethelL	—	—
Accusative	BeithilN	—	—
Genitive	BeithileH	—	—
Dative	BeithilL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Bethel
  • Irish: An Bheithil

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Bethel	Bethel pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mBethel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.