Ephraim

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

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

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, 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.

• Ephraimite
• Ephrem, Yefrem

• Ephraim on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːfʁa.ɪm/, /ˈɛfʁa-/, /-iːm/

Ephraim m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ephraims or (with an article) Ephraim)

1. (biblical) Ephraim
2. a male given name of now rare usage

• Ephrāimus
• Ephraimus

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰraː.im/, [ɛˈpʰräːɪ̃ˑ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pʰra.im/, [ˈɛpʰräɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.fra.im/, [ˈɛːfräim], /eˈfra.im/, [eˈfräːim], /e.fraˈim/, [efräˈim]

Ephrāim m (indeclinable)
Ephraim m (indeclinable)

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

• Ephrāimītēs

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

• Ephraim on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la