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אֶפְרָת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H672

Ephrathite — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Ephrathite tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֶפְרָ֫תָה: n.pr. n.pr.loc. n.pr.f. tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Ephrathah (2); of Ephrath (1); of Ephrathah (1).

In the verses

Genesis 35:19 · tree →

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.

Genesis 35:16 · tree →

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.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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