בֵּית לְעַפְרָהBêyth lᵉ-ʻAphrâh
proper name [of a location]: apparently in Philistine territory, site unknown, & text dubious (Micah 1:10)
Pronunciation: bayth le-af-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1036
Same root
- בַּיִתbayith · H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- עָפָרʻâphâr · H6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
- ΒηθλεέμBēthleém · G965Bethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine
- לֶחֶםlechem · H3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Micah 1:10 Don’t tell our enemies in Gath; don’t weep at all. You people in Beth-leaphrah, roll in the dust to show your despair.
See every passage
- Micah 1:10
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).