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beth-lē̇-af´ra (בּית לעפרה, beÌ„th le‛aphraÌ„h; Septuagint ἐξ οῖκου κατὰ γεÌλωτα, ex oıÌkou kataÌ geÌloÌ„ta, “house of dustâ€): The name of a place found only in . From the connection in which it is used it was probably in the Philistine plain. There seems to be a play upon the name in the sentence, “at Beth le-‛aphraÌ„h have I rolled myself in the dust,†‛aphraÌ„h meaning “dust,†and possibly another on Philistine in rolled, התפלּש×תי, hith-pallaÌ„shithı̄ (see G. A. Smith, The Book of the Twelve Prophets, called Minor, in the place cited.).