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H0673H

אֶפְרָתִי

eph.ra.tiN:N--PG

Ephrathite

A woman descended from Ephrathah of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.19; married to Caleb (H3612H); mother of: Hur (H2354); also called Ephrath at 1Ch.2.19; Group of eph.ra.tah (אֶפְרָ֫תָה "Ephrathah" H0672) § Ephrathite = "ashiness: fruitfulness" 1) an inhabitant or descendant of Ephraim (in in Jdg.12.5; 1Ki.11.26) 2) an inhabitant of Bethlehem (in Rut.1.1; 1Sa.1.1; 1Sa.17.12)

The KJV translates H0673 in the following manner:

Ephrathite (6x), Ephraimite (2x), Ephrathites (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אֶפְרָתִי adjective, of a people Ephrathite.

1. Ephraimite, compare אֶפְרָתָה
1. Judg 12:5; 1Sam 1:1 (of ancestor of Elkanah) 1Kgs 11:26 (of Jeroboam)
2. from ׳א 2; מִבֵּית לֶחֶם ׳א 1Sam 17:12 (of Jesse); plural אֶפְרָתִים מִבֵּית לֶחֶם Ruth 1:2.

2 occurrences

Ruth (1), I Samuel (1)