Ephraim

See also: Éphraïm, Ephrâim, and Ephraïm

English

Etymology

From 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, 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 (Epʻrem)
• 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 (Epʻrem)
• 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

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם (Efráyim).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ephrāimus
• Ephraimus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ephrāim m (indeclinable)
Ephraim 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