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

Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)"

1. a city in Judah, birthplace of David

2. a place in Zebulun

way, road, distance, journey, manner

1. road, way, path

2. journey

3. direction

4. manner, habit, way

5. of course of life (fig.)

6. of moral character (fig.)

he, she, it

1. himself (with emphasis)

2. resuming subj with emphasis

3. (with minimum emphasis following predicate)

4. (anticipating subj)

5. (emphasising predicate)

6. that, it (neuter)

   demonstrative pronoun

that (with article)

to die, kill, have one executed

1. (Qal)

   1. to die

   2. to die (as penalty), be put to death

   3. to die, perish (of a nation)

   4. to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct)

2. (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch

3. (Hiphil) to kill, put to death

4. (Hophal)

   1. to be killed, be put to death

      1. to die prematurely

to bury

1. (Qal) to bury

2. (Niphal) to be buried

3. (Piel) to bury, bury (in masses)

4. (Pual) to be buried

Rachel = "ewe"

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