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ʾefrayim אֶפְרַ֫יִם ‘Ephraim’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: dual of masculine form of ʾefrātā אֶפְרָ֫תָה ‘Ephrathah’
Roots: אפרת אפרתה

ʾefrayim pr n m pers + pr n m pers gen
Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
1) second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh
2) the tribe, Ephraim
3) the mountain country of Ephraim
4) sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)
5) a city near Baal-hazor
6) a chief gate of Jerusalem

Mentioned in Genesis 48:1, 48:17, 46:20, 48:5, 48:13, 41:52, 48:20, 48:14, 50:23 Numbers 1:32, 26:35, 26:37, 1:10, 2:18, 7:48, 10:22, 1:33, 2:24, 13:8, 26:28, 34:24 Deuteronomy 34:2, 33:17 Joshua 24:33, 17:15, 17:17, 17:8, 17:9, 14:4, 16:4, 16:5, 16:8, 16:9, 16:10, 17:10, 19:50, 20:7, 21:5, 21:20, 21:21, 24:30 Judges 10:1, 8:2, 12:6, 5:14, 19:1, 19:18, 7:24, 8:1, 12:1, 12:4, 17:1, 17:8, 18:2, 19:16, 4:5, 12:5, 1:29, 2:9, 3:27, 10:9, 12:15, 18:13 1 Samuel 1:1, 14:22, 9:4 2 Samuel 13:23, 20:21, 2:9, 18:6 1 Kings 4:8, 12:25 2 Kings 5:22, 14:13 Isaiah 7:17, 7:9, 7:2, 7:5, 9:8, 9:20, 7:8, 11:13, 17:3, 28:1, 28:3 Jeremiah 31:9, 4:15, 7:15, 31:6, 50:19, 31:18, 31:20 Ezekiel 37:16, 37:19, 48:5, 48:6 Hosea 11:8, 12:15, 10:11, 8:9, 12:9, 5:11, 5:14, 7:11, 9:3, 11:9, 12:1, 5:13, 9:13, 9:8, 5:9, 5:3, 5:12, 14:9, 11:3, 4:17, 5:5, 6:4, 6:10, 7:1, 7:8, 8:11, 9:11, 9:16, 10:6, 12:2, 13:1, 13:12 Obadiah 1:19 Zechariah 9:10, 9:13, 10:7 Psalms 78:67, 60:9, 78:9, 80:3, 108:9 Nehemiah 8:16, 12:39 1 Chronicles 7:22, 12:31, 7:20, 27:10, 27:14, 6:51, 6:52, 9:3, 27:20 2 Chronicles 17:2, 19:4, 13:4, 30:1, 15:8, 31:1, 25:7, 28:12, 30:18, 25:10, 34:9, 15:9, 28:7, 25:23, 30:10, 34:6

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