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

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.
A male given name from Hebrew.
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

Latin

Alternative forms

Ephrāimus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰraː.im/, [ɛˈpʰräːɪ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈfra.im/, [eˈfräːim]

Proper noun

Ephrāim m (indeclinable)

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

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