King James Version

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

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וַתָּ֖מָתvatamatand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and die”, the next action in the storyH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…רָחֵ֑לrachelRachelרָחֵלnoun, proper name — “Rachel”H7354Rachel, a wife of JacobRachel.וַתִּקָּבֵר֙vatiqaverand buryקָבַרconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bury”, the next action in the storyH6912to inter[idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).בְּדֶ֣רֶךְbederekhin alongדֶּרֶךְpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in along”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).אֶפְרָ֔תָהefratahEphratahאֶפְרָתnoun, proper name — “Ephratah”H672Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;once (Psalm 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman; Ephrath, Ephratah.הִ֖ואhivas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.בֵּ֥יתbeytBethlehemבֵּית לֶחֶםnoun, proper name — “Bethlehem”H1035Beth-Lechem, a place in PalestineBethlehem.לָֽחֶםlachemBethlehemבֵּית לֶחֶםnoun, proper name — “Bethlehem”H1035Beth-Lechem, a place in PalestineBethlehem.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath — the same is Beth-lehem.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

Young’s Literal Translation

and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which [is] Bethlehem,

World English Bible

Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

Darby Translation

And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.

Douay-Rheims

So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath — the same is Beth-lehem.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, this is Bethleem.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπέθανε δὲ Ῥαχὴλ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου Ἐφραθᾶ· αὕτη ἐστὶ Βηθλεέμ.