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Ephraim en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈifɹəm/ (US)
  • /ˈɛf.ɹəm/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈifɹi.əm/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. The younger son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
    • And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 41:52:
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

Relateds

Ephraimite · Yefrem · Ephrem

Translations (32)

ru Ефре́м (given name) · it Efrem (the younger son of Joseph) · ga Eafráím (the younger son of Joseph) · pt Efraim (the younger son of Joseph) · ar أَفْرَايِم (given name) · cmn 伊弗雷姆 (given name) · sms Ee´hrem (given name) · el Εφραίμ (the younger son of Joseph) · it Efraimo (given name) · la Ephraim (the younger son of Joseph) · ca Efraïm (given name) · syc ܐܦܪܝܡ (given name) · es Efraín (given name) · hi एप्रैम (the younger son of Joseph) · ar أَفْرَايِم (the younger son of Joseph) · pt Efraim (given name) · fr Éphraïm (given name) · iu ᐃᑉᕋᐃᒻ (given name) · nl Efraïm (given name) · ru Ефре́м (the younger son of Joseph) · hy Եփրեմ (given name) · eu Eperna (given name) · fr Éphraïm (the younger son of Joseph) · pl Efraim (the younger son of Joseph) · el Εφραίμ (given name) · ga Eafráím (given name) · pl Efraim (given name) · grc Ἐφραίμ (the younger son of Joseph) · es Efrén (given name) · id Efraim (given name) · hy Եփրեմ (the younger son of Joseph) · he אֶפְרָיִם (given name)