naarath Summary and Overview

girl, a town on the boundary between Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:7), not far probably from Jericho, to the north (1 Chr. 7:28).

(juvenile) (the Hebrew is equivalent to Naarah, which is therefore the real form of the name), a place named #Jos 16:7| only as one of the landmarks on the southern boundary of Ephraim. It appears to have lain between Ataroth and Jericho, in the Jordan valley: Eusebius and Jerome speak of it as if well known to them --"Naorath, a small village of the Jews, five miles from Jericho."

NA'ARATH (girl, handmaid), a town of Ephraim, Josh 16:7; probably in the Jordan valley, above Jericho. Eusebius speaks of it as Oorath, a village 5 miles from Jericho, and Josephus mentions that Herod drew off part of the waters from the village of Neara to water the palm trees he had planted. Conder, therefore, suggests that the site of Naarath is to be found in el 'Aujeh, near Jericho, where are a ruin and remains of an ancient aqueduct.