Ephraim

Ephraim

See also: Éphraïm, Ephrâim, and Ephraïm

English

Etymology

Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם‎ (Efráyim, “Ephraim”, literally “fruitful”), via Latin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈifɹi.əm/, /ˈifɹəm/, /ˈɛf.ɹəm/

Proper noun

Ephraim

1. The younger son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

Related terms

• Ephraimite
• Ephrem, Yefrem

Translations

the younger son of Joseph

Armenian: Եփրեմ (Epʿrem) French: Éphraïm (fr) m Greek: Εφραίμ (el) m (Efraím) Ancient: Ἐφραίμ (Ephraím) Irish: Eafráím m Italian: Efrem m Latin: Ephraim Polish: Efraim (pl) m Portuguese: Efraim m Russian: Ефре́м (ru) (Jefrém)

given name

Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܐܦܪܝܡ‎ (ʾap̄rêm) Armenian: Եփրեմ (Epʿrem) Basque: Eperna Catalan: Efraïm Dutch: Efraïm French: Éphraïm (fr) Greek: Εφραίμ (el) (Efraím) Hebrew: אֶפְרָיִם‎ (he) (Efráyim) Indonesian: Efraim Inuktitut: ᐃᑉᕋᐃᒻ (ipraim) Irish: Eafráím m Italian: Efraimo Polish: Efraim (pl) m Portuguese: Efraim m Russian: Ефре́м (ru) (Jefrém) Skolt Sami: Ee´hrem Spanish: Efraín (es), Efrén (es) m

Further reading

• Ephraim on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Ephrāimus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἐφραΐμ (Ephraḯm), from the Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם‎ (Efráyim).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰraː.im/, [ɛˈpʰräːɪ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈfra.im/, [eˈfräːim]

Proper noun

Ephrāim m (indeclinable)

1. Ephraim (son of Joseph, progenitor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel)

Related terms

• Ephrāimītēs

References

• Ephraim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 593/2

Further reading

• Ephraim on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la