"Beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah" "(q.v.), Judg. 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of" "es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S'beita." "A valley in the west of Judah, near Mareshah; the scene of Asa's" conflict with Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chr. 14:9-13). Identified with the Wady Safieh.
Definition of Zephath:
"which beholds; that attends or that covers"