H0672H
אֶפְרָ֫תָה
Ephrath
Ephrath or Ephratah = "ash-heap: place of fruitfulness" Another name of bet le.chem (בֵּית לֶ֫חֶם "Bethlehem" H1035G)
The KJV translates H0672 in the following manner:
Ephratah (10x), Ephrath (10x)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
אֶפְרָ֫תָה proper name (see Sta§ 308 d. 1; 342 d. 2; Morgenl. Forsch. 215) — might in several cases, e.g. Gen 35:16, be אֶפְרָת + ה locative, but see Ruth 4:11 —
1. proper name, of a location place near Bethel, where Rachel died & was buried Gen 35:16; Gen 35:19; Gen 48:7 (אֶפְרָת only Gen 48:7 where ה perhaps dropped on accusative of ה following (Ol); in last two passages הוא בית לחם is a gloss, see Di; compare 1Sam 10:2).
2. id., a name of Bethlehem Mic 5:1; Ruth 4:11 compare perhaps כָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָ֑ה 1Chr 2:24 (ᵐ5 ἦλθεν Ξαλὲβ εἰς Ἐφράθα).
3. id. Ps 132:6, perhaps applied to district where Kirjath Jearim lay, on the border of Judah & Benjamin, compare De Che.
4. proper name, feminine אֶפְרָת name given to wife of Caleb 1Chr 2:19 = אֶפְרָתָ֑ח v1Chr 2:50; 1Chr 4:4.
5 occurrences
Genesis (3), Ruth (1), Psalms (1)