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Ephraim
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Éphraïm Ephrâim Ephraïm
English
Etymology
From en he Efráyim אֶפְרַיִם Ephraim fruitful, via en la -.
Pronunciation
en /ˈifɹi.əm/ /ˈifɹəm/ /ˈɛf.ɹəm/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ephraim.wav Southern England
Proper noun
The younger son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Genesis 41 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
en male Hebrew.
A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.
Derived terms
en Mount Ephraim
Related terms
en Ephraimite
en Ephrem, en Yefrem
Translations
the younger son of Joseph
Arabic: ar أَفْرَايِم m
Armenian: hy Եփրեմ
French: fr Éphraïm m
Greek: el Εφραίμ m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἐφραίμ
Hindi: hi एप्रैम m
Irish: ga Eafráím m
Italian: it Efrem m
Latin: la Ephraim
Polish: pl Efraim m
Portuguese: pt Efraim m
Russian: ru Ефре́м
given name
Arabic: ar أَفْرَايِم m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܐܦܪܝܡ ʾap̄rêm
Armenian: hy Եփրեմ
Basque: eu Eperna
Catalan: ca Efraïm
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 伊弗雷姆 Yīfúléimǔ
Dutch: nl Efraïm
French: fr Éphraïm
Greek: el Εφραίμ
Hebrew: he אֶפְרָיִם Efráyim
Indonesian: id Efraim
Inuktitut: iu ᐃᑉᕋᐃᒻ
Irish: ga Eafráím m
Italian: it Efraimo
Polish: pl Efraim m
Portuguese: pt Efraim m
Russian: ru Ефре́м
Sami:
Skolt Sami: sms Ee´hrem
Spanish: es Efraín, es Efrén m
Further reading
en
en Biblical characters
German
Etymology
de la grc
Ultimately from de hbo אֶפְרַיִם Efráyim.
Pronunciation
de /ˈeːfʁa.ɪm/ /ˈɛfʁa-/ /-iːm/
de De-Ephraim.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m,s:-[with an article]
de biblical en Ephraim
de male now rare
Latin
Alternative forms
la Ephrāimus
la Ephraimus
Etymology
From the la grc Ἐφραΐμ, from the la hbo אֶפְרַיִם Efráyim.
Pronunciation
no Ephrāim
no Ephraim
(Latin_phonology_and_orthography#Ecclesiastical_pronunciationmodern modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) la /ˈe.fra.im/ [ˈɛːfräim] /eˈfra.im/ [eˈfräːim] /e.fraˈim/ [efräˈim]
Proper noun
Ephrāim m 1
Ephraim m 1
en Ephraim son of Joseph, en progenitor of one of the twelve tribes of en Israel
Related terms
la Ephrāimītēs
References
Ephraim 593/2
Further reading
la
la Bible Biblical characters