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 · אֶפְרָ֑תָהThey traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.Genesis 35:19 · אֶפְרָ֔תָהRachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).Genesis 48:7 · אֶפְרָ֑תָה · אֶפְרָ֔תAs 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 to Ephrath, and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).”Ruth 4:11 · בְּאֶפְרָ֔תָהAll the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.1 Chronicles 2:19 · אֶפְרָ֔תAzubah died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.1 Chronicles 2:50 · אֶפְרָ֑תָהThese were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn 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 firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.Psalm 132:6 · בְאֶפְרָ֑תָהBehold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:Micah 5:2 · אֶפְרָ֗תָהBut you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.