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title: אֶפְרָת — Ephrathite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶפְרָת (lemma:אֶפְרָת), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ephrathite. With 1 verse 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:אֶפְרָת · **BDB:** אֶפְרָת

### Glosses

Ephrath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ephrathite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5e4_5b0_5e8_5b8_5ea/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. אפרתה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶפְרָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5e4_5b0_5e8_5b8_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.19/)

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וַתָּ֖מָת עֲזוּבָ֑ה וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֤וֹ כָלֵב֙ אֶת־אֶפְרָ֔ת וַתֵּ֥לֶד ל֖וֹ אֶת־חֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* and she.died Azubah and he.took for himself Caleb (et) Ephrath and she.bore to him (et) Hur

*JPS 1917:* And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

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