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

Na'arath

(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."