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 Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.Genesis 35:19 · אֶפְרָ֔תָהAnd Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.Genesis 48:7 · אֶפְרָ֑תָה · אֶפְרָ֔תAnd as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet [there was] but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same [is] Bethlehem.Ruth 4:11 · בְּאֶפְרָ֔תָהAnd all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:1 Chronicles 2:19 · אֶפְרָ֔תAnd when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.1 Chronicles 2:50 · אֶפְרָ֑תָהThese were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,1 Chronicles 4:4 · אֶפְרָ֔תָהAnd Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.Psalm 132:6 · בְאֶפְרָ֑תָהLo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.Micah 5:2 · אֶפְרָ֗תָהBut thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.