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bēt lᵊʿafrā בֵּית לְעַפְרָה ‘Beth-le-aphrah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bēt בֵּית ‘between / house’ and the feminine of ʿāfār עָפָר ‘dust’ (with preposition)
Roots: בית עפר

bēt lᵊʿafrā pr n loc
Bethel-aphrah = "house belonging to Aphrah" or "house to (i.e. of) dust"
1) a Philistine city

Mentioned in Micah 1:10

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