וְ֭/אֶפְרַיִם
𐤅/𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌
Eferayim
and Ephraim
Ephrayim: a personal, tribal, and geographic name in the Hebrew Bible. Primarily, it designates (1) the younger son of Joseph and Asenath born in Egypt, (2) the people descending from him (the tribe of Ephraim), and (3) their assigned territory in the central hill country of Canaan. The term also comes to be used more broadly: in prophetic and later historical books, "Ephraim" at times serves as a synecdoche for the northern kingdom of Israel as a whole, due to the tribe's geographic dominance and political prominence within that polity. The semantic range therefore includes individual (personal), tribal, territorial, and at times national/division identifiers.
Psalms 108:9 · Word #5
Lexicon H669
| Lemma | אֶפְרַיִם |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 |
| Transliteration | Eferayim |
| Strong's | H669 |
| Definition | Ephrayim: a personal, tribal, and geographic name in the Hebrew Bible. Primarily, it designates (1) the younger son of Joseph and Asenath born in Egypt, (2) the people descending from him (the tribe of Ephraim), and (3) their assigned territory in the central hill country of Canaan. The term also comes to be used more broadly: in prophetic and later historical books, "Ephraim" at times serves as a synecdoche for the northern kingdom of Israel as a whole, due to the tribe's geographic dominance and political prominence within that polity. The semantic range therefore includes individual (personal), tribal, territorial, and at times national/division identifiers. |
Morphology HC/Np
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and Ephraim |
SIBI-P1 Translation H669-06
and Double-Fruitfulness
| Morphological Notes | Conjunction וְ + proper masculine noun in dual form; personal/tribal/geographic name. |
| Rendering Rationale | The name אֶפְרַיִם derives from the root פרה ('to be fruitful') and is morphologically a dual form, suggesting 'double fruitfulness.' The prefixed וְ is a conjunction meaning 'and,' which is preserved in the rendering. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and Eferayim
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: Double Fruitfulness |
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