§ Caleb-ephratah = "dog or ash heap"

a place in Gilead

אֶפְרָ֫תָה n.pr n. pr. loc . place near Bethel, where Rachel died & was buried id . a name of Bethlehem id . perh. applied to district where Kitjath Jearim lay, on the border of Judah & Benjamin n. pr. f . name given to wife of Caleb .