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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Caleb-ephrathah

The Hebrew of 1 Chronicles 2:24 is hard, and some translations do not read Caleb-ephrathah as a single place at all. It turns up in connection with Hezron's clan and the district of Ephrathah near Bethlehem.

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First, in plain English

The Hebrew of 1 Chronicles 2:24 is hard, and some translations do not read Caleb-ephrathah as a single place at all. It turns up in connection with Hezron's clan and the district of Ephrathah near Bethlehem.

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Caleb-ephrathah, a name occurring in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 2:24 in connection with Hezron's clan and the district of Ephrathah near Bethlehem. The Hebrew text is difficult, and some translations render it not as a single place name but as two separate clauses describing Caleb going in to Ephrathah; either way, it ties Hezron's line to the Bethlehem region associated with Caleb's descendants.

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The word

H3613

Where it is
  • 35.207639
  • 31.704306
Where it appears
  • 1 Chronicles 2:24

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