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gath-hē´fẽr (×’Ö¼ ת החפר, gath ha-hÌ£eÌ„pher, “winepress of the pitâ€): A town on the boundary of Zebulun (; the King James Version in error, “Gittah-hapherâ€), the birthplace of the prophet Jonah (). Jerome (Commentary on Jonah) speaks of Geth as an inconsiderable village, about 2 miles from Sepphoris on the Tiberias road, where the tomb of Jonah was shown. Benjamin of Tudela says that Jonah the son of Amittai the prophet was buried “in the mountain†near Sepphoris (Bohn, Early Travels in Palestine, 88). These indications agree with the local tradition which identifies Gath-hepher with el-Meshhed, a village with ancient ruins on a height North of the road as one goes to Tiberias, about 2 miles from Nazareth, and half a mile from Kefr Kennah.