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title: אֶפְרָת — Ephrathite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶפְרָת (672), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Ephrathite. BDB 1906: n.pr. n.pr.loc. n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶפְרָת

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«אֶפְרָת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ephrathite** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 672 · **BDB:** אֶפְרָ֫תָה

### Glosses

Ephrathah (2); of.Ephrath (1); of.Ephrathah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ephrathite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/672/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. n.pr.loc. n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/672/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. (v. Sta§ 308 d. 1; 342 d. 2; Morgenl. Forsch. 215)—might in several cases, e.g. Gn 35:16, be אֶפְרָת + ה loc., but v. Ru 4:11;— n.pr.loc. place near Bethel, where Rachel died \& was buried Gn 35:16, 19; 48:7 (אֶפְרָת only Gn 48:7 where ה perhaps dropped on acc. of ה following (Ol); in last two passages הוא בית לחם is a gloss, v. Di; cf. 1 S 10:2). id., a name of Bethlehem Mi 5:1 Ru 4:11; cf. perhaps כָּלֵב אֶפְרָ֑ת֑ה 1 Ch 2:24 (𝔊 ἦλθεν Χαλὲβ εἰς Ἐφράθα). id. ψ 132:6, perhaps applied to district where Kirjath Jearim lay, on the border of Judah \& Benjamin, cf. De Che. n.pr.f. אֶפְרָת name given to wife of Caleb 1 Ch 2:19 = אֶפְרָ֑תָה v 50 4:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶפְרָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/672/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 35:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.19/)

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וַתָּ֖מָת רָחֵ֑ל וַתִּקָּבֵר֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אֶפְרָ֔תָה הִ֖וא בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* and she.died Rachel and she.was.buried on the.way of.Ephrathah that \[is\] Bethlehem

*JPS 1917:* And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath — the same is Beth-lehem.

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[Genesis 35:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.16/)

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וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מִבֵּ֣ית אֵ֔ל בֵּ֣ית אֵ֔ל וַֽיְהִי־ע֥וֹד כִּבְרַת־הָאָ֖רֶץ לָב֣וֹא אֶפְרָ֑תָה וַתֵּ֥לֶד רָחֵ֖ל וַתְּקַ֥שׁ בְּלִדְתָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Bethel Bethel and it.was yet (the).distance of.(the) land to go Ephrathah and she.gave.birth Rachel and she.had.difficulties when she gave.birth

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

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