Ephrath or Ephratah = "ash-heap: place of fruitfulness"

1. a place near Bethel where Rachel died and was buried

2. another name for Bethlehem

   proper feminine noun

3. wife of Caleb

land, earth

1. earth

   1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

   2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

   3. earth (inhabitants)

2. land

   1. country, territory

   2. district, region

   3. tribal territory

   4. piece of ground

   5. land of Canaan, Israel

   6. inhabitants of land

   7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

   8. city (-state)

3. ground, surface of the earth

   1. ground

   2. soil

4. (in phrases)

   1. people of the land

   2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

   3. level or plain country

   4. land of the living

   5. end(s) of the earth

5. (almost wholly late in usage)

   1. lands, countries

      1. often in contrast to Canaan

to go in, enter, come, go, come in

1. (Qal)

   1. to enter, come in

   2. to come

      1. to come with

      2. to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)

      3. to come to pass

   3. to attain to

   4. to be enumerated

   5. to go

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to lead in

   2. to carry in

   3. to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon

   4. to bring to pass

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be brought, brought in

   2. to be introduced, be put

Bethel = "house of God"

1. ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name)

2. a place in south country of Judah, not far from Beersheba and Ziklag

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail

1. (Qal)

   1. to bear, bring forth

      1. of child birth

      2. of distress (simile)

      3. of wicked (behaviour)

   2. to beget

2. (Niphal) to be born

3. (Piel)

   1. to cause or help to bring forth

   2. to assist or tend as a midwife

   3. midwife (participle)

4. (Pual) to be born

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to beget (a child)

   2. to bear (fig. - of wicked bringing forth iniquity)

6. (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)

7. (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

distance (undetermined length)

to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart

1. (Qal)

   1. to pull out or up

   2. to set out, depart

   3. to journey, march

   4. to set forth (of wind)

2. (Niphal) to be pulled up, be removed, be plucked up

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to set out, lead out, cause to spring up

   2. to remove, quarry

a going round, continuance

still, yet, again, besides

1. still, yet (of continuance or persistence)

2. still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)

3. again

4. still, moreover, besides

to be hard, be severe, be fierce, be harsh

1. (Qal)

   1. to be hard, be difficult

   2. to be hard, be severe

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be ill-treated

   2. to be hard pressed

3. (Piel) to have severe labour (of women)

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to make difficult, make difficulty

   2. to make severe, make burdensome

   3. to make hard, make stiff, make stubborn

      1. of obstinacy (fig)

   4. to show stubbornness

Rachel = "ewe"

1. daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin