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title: אֶפְרָתִי — Ephrathite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶפְרָתִי (673), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Ephrathite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. Ephrathite. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶפְרָתִי

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«אֶפְרָתִי» 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 673 · **BDB:** אֶפְרָתִי

### Glosses

an.Ephrathite (3); Ephrathite? (1); Ephrathites (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ephrathite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/673/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. Ephrathite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/673/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. Ephrathite. Ephraimite, cf. אֶפְרָתָה 1. Ju 12:5 1 S 1:1 (of ancestor of Elkanah) 1 K 11:26 (of Jerob.) from א׳ 2; א׳ מִבֵּית לֶחֶם 1 S 17:12 (of Jesse); pl. אֶפְרָתִים מִבֵּית לֶחֶם Ru 1:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶפְרָתִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/673/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.1/)

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וַיְהִי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶחָ֜ד מִן־הָרָמָתַ֛יִם צוֹפִ֖ים מֵהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וּשְׁמ֡וֹ אֶ֠לְקָנָה בֶּן־יְרֹחָ֧ם בֶּן־אֱלִיה֛וּא בֶּן־תֹּ֥חוּ בֶן־צ֖וּף אֶפְרָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.was a.man one from (the) Ramathaim Zophim from the.hill.country of.Ephraim and name his \[was\].Elkanah the.son of.Jeroham the.son of.Elihu the.son of.Tohu the.son of.Zuph an.Ephrathite

*JPS 1917:* NOW THERE was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

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[1 Kings 11:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.26/)

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וְיָרָבְעָם֩ בֶּן־נְבָ֨ט אֶפְרָתִ֜י מִן־הַצְּרֵדָ֗ה וְשֵׁ֤ם אִמּוֹ֙ צְרוּעָה֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה אַלְמָנָ֔ה עֶ֖בֶד לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וַיָּ֥רֶם יָ֖ד בַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and Jeroboam the.son of.Nebat an.Ephrathite from (the) Zeredah and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Zeruah a.woman a.widow a.servant of Solomon and he.raised a.hand on the king

*JPS 1917:* And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king.

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