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mā´a-rath (מערת, ma‛ărāth): A city in the hill country of Judah, mentioned between Gedor and Beth-anoth (). The small village of Beit Ummar upon the watershed, a little to the West of the carriage road to Hebron and about a mile from Khirbet Jedur (Gedor), is a probable site. There are many rock tombs to its East. The village mosque is dedicated to Nebi Matta, i.e. Matthew. See PEF, III, 305, Sh XXI.