Ephrathah
EHF-ruh-thuh
What is Ephrathah?
Ephrathah, spelled Ephratah in the King James Version, is another name for Bethlehem in Judah. The people and the elders in the gate blessed Boaz to do worthily in Ephratah and be famous in Bethlehem (Ruth 4:11), and Micah addressed the town as Bethlehem Ephratah, little among the thousands of Judah, out of which the ruler in Israel would come (Micah 5:2). Genesis calls the same place Ephrath, saying Rachel was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem (Genesis 35:19).
Meaning: fruitful (Hebrew)
Also pronounced
EFF-ra-thah
EF-ruh-thuh