Bethlehemite
bet hal.lach.mi identifies a man by association with Bethlehem in the cited narratives.
The attested form is a masculine singular gentilic used to identify Jesse in three verses and Elhanan in another as men associated with Bethlehem.
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Identification of a man associated with Bethlehem · dominant
In 1 Samuel 16:1 and 1 Samuel 16:18, the masculine singular gentilic occurs with Jesse as Samuel is sent to him and as a son of Jesse is described. In 1 Samuel 17:58 David identifies himself through Jesse, while in 2 Samuel 21:19 the same form identifies Elhanan; the APB renders each clause with “the Bethlehemite.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all four cited verses, the APB presents the identifying expression as “the Bethlehemite.” This wording confirms the clause-level presentation rather than isolating a precise English equivalent.