{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H672",
  "lemma": "אֶפְרָת",
  "transliteration": "ʼEphrâth",
  "definition": "Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;",
  "kjv": "once (Psalm 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman; Ephrath, Ephratah.",
  "occurrences": 10,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H6509",
      "lemma": "פָּרָה",
      "transliteration": "pârâh",
      "meaning": "to bear fruit",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H6509"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֶפְרָ֫תָה n.pr.",
    "1. n. pr. loc. place near Bethel, where Rachel died & was buried",
    "2. id., a name of Bethlehem",
    "3. id., perh. applied to district where Kitjath Jearim lay, on the border of Judah & Benjamin",
    "4. n. pr. f. name given to wife of Caleb"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:16",
      "text": "They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 35:19",
      "text": "Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 48:7",
      "text": "As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Micah 5:1",
      "text": "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/5?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 132:6",
      "text": "Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/132?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ruth 4:11",
      "text": "All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/4?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 2:19",
      "text": "Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 2:50",
      "text": "These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=50"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 4:4",
      "text": "Penuel was the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/4?v=4"
    }
  ],
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