This proper noun identifies Rachel, one of the matriarchs of Israel, the beloved wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin and was buried near Bethlehem. Matthew quotes Jeremiah 31:15, which poetically depicts Rachel weeping for her children, applying this to the mothers of Bethlehem mourning their sons murdered by Herod. Rachel becomes the archetypal grieving mother, her tomb's proximity to Bethlehem making the connection vivid. The multilingual glosses transliterate the Hebrew name across languages.