A womanof the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.19; married to Caleb (H3612H); mother of: Hur (H2354); also called Ephrath at 1Ch.2.19; Also named: eph.ra.ti (אֶפְרָתִי "Ephrathite" H0673H) § Ephrath or Ephratah = "ash-heap: place of fruitfulness" 1) a place near Bethel where Rachel died and was buried 2) another name for Bethlehem 3) wife of Caleb
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H672 — אֶפְרָ֫תָה
eph.ra.tah · Ephrathah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 35:16 · אֶפְרָ֑תָהAnd they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.Genesis 35:19 · אֶפְרָ֔תָהAnd Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).Genesis 48:7 · אֶפְרָ֑תָה · אֶפְרָ֔תAnd as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).Ruth 4:11 · בְּאֶפְרָ֔תָהAnd all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:1 Chronicles 2:19 · אֶפְרָ֔תAnd Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur.1 Chronicles 2:50 · אֶפְרָ֑תָהThese were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,1 Chronicles 4:4 · אֶפְרָ֔תָהand Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.Psalm 132:6 · בְאֶפְרָ֑תָהLo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.Micah 5:2 · אֶפְרָ֗תָהBut thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.